- KE 452 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 112
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- For motif and format(?), see Brants1913, p. 49, no. 909, pl. VI (from Smyrna; Rijksmuseum, Leiden)
- Description
- Circular(?) format. Circular discus, slightly concave, surrounded by sharp groove: relief depicts two facing birds perched on chalice.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pink; somewhat soft; medium fine, micaceous, with very small, uncommon, rounded and subrounded, mostly white and few black, brown, and red bits; slightly granular break. Slip: orangish red; thin, mostly even, semilustrous.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves middle to back right discus and small part of adjacent shoulder and upper handle. Extensive, moderate abrasion and pitting; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 23, no. 105 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.0342
- Preserved width
- 0.0286
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
-
- Pagescan
- Photograph
-
-
“KE 452 (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/ke0452>
