- KE 199 (Middle-Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 51
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Typological identification comment
- Slip rather thick: at late end of early glazed?
- Description
- Circular outline. Slightly sloping shoulder has small herringbone. Wide handle has three grooves below seem. Flat base with two concentric incuse circles.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine), firing (hard), and surface treatment (thick, even, deep to dark red slip). Clean, tight seem.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves small part of back right shoulder, entire handle from seem down, ca. 35% of back left wall, and small part of back of base. Slight, extensive abrasion; slightly worn breaks; sparse, slight encrustation especially in grooves.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 46, no. 208 (misidentified; H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.035
- Preserved length
- 0.071
- Preserved width
- 0.058
- Weight (kg)
- 0.027
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.039
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 199 (Middle-Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0199>
