KE 423 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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