- KE 450 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 110
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. GerousiBendermacher2013, p. 79, no. 81 (Perissa, Thera)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 244, no. 3720, pl. 61 (B. Böttger)
- Description
- Comic mask.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (reddish orangish; gritty, hard), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (slightly darker than fabric; thin, even but thicker in grooves, semimatte).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 65% of middle of discus. Slight, extensive abrasion and sparse chipping; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 58, no. 269, pl. 12 (H. Williams)
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.031
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Person (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 450 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0450>
