- KE 304 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- Κ–Υ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 63
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Typological identification
- Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 187, no. 2699, pl. 42 (plain+herringbone; J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 195, no. 113, pl. 46 (dated second half of 5th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. Garnett1975, pp. 181-2, 204-5, no. 39, fig. 1:40 (cross+wavy lines; Fountain of the Lamps, Corinth, dated early 6th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ivantchik2002, pp. 359, 368, no. 50, fig. 4 (Argos)
- Description
- Flat base. Manufacturing stamp in center: two circular grooves around two palm branches in Greek cross with one small double concentric circle in each quadrant and small Κ|Υ (serifs) diagonal in two upper quadrants. Mostly crisp lines.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves central design on base and small parts of wall. Very slight, sparse abrasion and small chips; clean breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.058
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.068
- Weight (kg)
- 0.018
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Surface (slip) Munsell reading
- Typical fabric (orangish red, hard, small black bits), firing (consistent), and surface (unslipped).
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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