- KE 423 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area B (northwest side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 89
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Typus VIII=Broneer Type XXV=Bailey Type O Group vi (Flavian-Early Antonine).
- Typological identification comment
- Nozzle: Loeschcke Form H.
- Description
- Plain discus, plain shoulder, heart-shaped nozzle, applied loop handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Buff fabric with a tinge of ornage, consistently fired; fine, hard, smooth to vaguely conchoidal break; rare, isolated, small white (lime) and black bits; frequent tiny flakes of golden mica.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves most of top, including shoulder and discus but missing applied loop handle and front of nozzle; lower part gone. Slight, somewhat sparse pitting and abrasion; slightly worn breaks; specks of encrustation in grooves.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 26, no. 129, pl. 5 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.0605
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.045
- Preserved length
- 0.0655
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 423 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0423>
