- KE 422 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 88
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation North African
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutoussaki2008, pp. 361, 362, nos. 637.12, 637.19a, pl. LXI, figs. 483, 485-486 (Thermes, Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. IsthmiaX, p. 140, no. 414, figs. 3, 5, pl. 55 (B. L. Wohl; Northeast Gate)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (orangish red, moderately fine), firing (hard), and surface treatment (smoothed shoulder). Thin, sharp joining ridge and wide webbing; fingerprints from pressing interior into mold..
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 30% from top back part of lamp, including less than one-quarter of discus, roughly one-third of shoulder, and intact handle. Slight, moderate abrasion and chipping; mostly clean breaks; very rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 83, no. 442 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.036
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.028
- Preserved length
- 0.052
- Preserved width
- 0.054
- Weight (kg)
- 0.029
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 422 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine 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/ke0422>
