KE 449 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 109
Typological identification
Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 115, no. 714, pl. 16 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
sim. Bassett1903, p. 344, pl. XIII:7 (Vari Cave, Attica)
Comparanda
sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 276, no. 4468, pl. 75 (B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (brownish red; somewhat gritty; very hard; crazing at surface), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (brownish orange slip; somewhat thin, even, semimatte).
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 30% of top back middle part of lamp, including roughly one-half of discus, small part of shoulder, and front of handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 58, no. 264, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.048
Preserved length
0.041
Preserved width
0.034
Weight (kg)
0.007
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph