- KE 420 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 86
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 145, no. 1487, pl. 28 (J. Perlzweig)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical Middle Athenian lamp fabric (pale buff, very fine), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (unslipped).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% of top back middle to left part of lamp, including roughly one-third of discus, less than one-half of discus, and most of handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and occasional gouging and chipping; somewhat worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 55, no. 242, pl. 10 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.063
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.035
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.0362
- Height shoulder to handle
- 0.0158
- Preserved length
- 0.041
- Preserved width
- 0.05
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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