- KE 234 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 60
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 174, no. 2390, pl. 38 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 173, no. 36, pl. 45 (signed ⲤⲰ|Τ<ΗΡ>ΙΑ; dated second half 5th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware: red with a tinge of brown, consistently fired; hard, slightly gritty; small, uncommon, white, red, and black bits; unslipped. Misalignment to right at seam but smoothed joint.
- Preservation comment
- Intact lamp except for large hole on back left bottom. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare flaking around break; very thin patches of white discoloration (calcareous?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 262, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.042
- Discus width
- 0.039
- Handle total height
- 0.0428
- Length
- 0.092
- Base Length
- 0.062
- Weight (kg)
- 0.074
- Width
- 0.063
- Base Width
- 0.039
- Other Dimensions
- H. handle base-shoulder 0.0322
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.0106
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 234 (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/ke0234>
