- KE 144 (Late Roman Tripolitanian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 35
- Typological identification
- Roman Tripolitanian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Brants type XXIV=Provoost type IIb=Atlante Forme XIII
- Comparanda
- Sim. format BussièreWohl2017, no. 505 (three dotted medallions; Getty)
- Comparanda
- cf. BenghaziIII.2, p. 88, no. 608, pl. 17 (D. M. Bailey)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: red with a tinge of orange; fine, slightly granular fracture. Consistent firing. Thick, even, matte, pale red slip; cf. early ARS. Smoothed seem but misaligned halves.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 45% of upper and lower back lamp. Surface in good condition but rare scratching; mostly clean breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, pp. 85-86, no. 456, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.085
- Discus diameter
- 0.038
- Handle total height
- 0.041
- Preserved length
- 0.0713
- Weight (kg)
- 0.07
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.03
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR6/6 light red
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 144 (Late Roman Tripolitanian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0144>
