KE 450 (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 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
Pagescan
Photograph