KE 388 (Early Roman Italian Oversized Lamp with Handle Ornament) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 75
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (fine, micaceous, pinkish), firing (hard), and surface treatment (thick, mostly even, mottled, with metallic sheen). Prominent smoothing marks around handle attachment to ornament.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves small part of discus rim and adjacent shoulder, entire loop handle, and lower back part of attachment of large handle shield or ornament. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; crazing slip; worn breaks; scattered blobs and patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 20, no. 82 (H. Williams)
Handle total height preserved
0.071
Maximum preserved dimension
0.091
Preserved height
0.074
Preserved length
0.058
Preserved width
0.044
Weight (kg)
0.068
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 388 (Early Roman Italian Oversized Lamp with Handle Ornament).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0388>