- KE 290 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΠⲰⲤΦΟΡ[ΟΥ]
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 63
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIB Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. Ke0108-L0023
- Comparanda
- cf. Ke0146-L0037
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 67, no. 2799, pl. 30 (from Sacred Glen Well; O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutoussaki2012, pp. 202, 209, fig. 13 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. LABNI, p. 32, no. 29 (signed ΝⲈΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Collection Froehner; M.-C. Hellmann)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (buff, fine), firing, and surface treatment. Rare, small clay nodules in grooves; cast from somewhat worn mold.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 65-70% of lamp, including over half of discus and shoulder down to wickhole, entire handle, and roughly half of wall and base. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare gouging; slightly worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 44, no. 172, pl. 8 (mis-reading signature; H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.044
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.054
- Preserved length
- 0.107
- Preserved width
- 0.068
- Weight (kg)
- 0.039
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 290 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0290>
