- KE 483 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 120
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 125, nos. 861-863, pl. 19 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 156, 243-4, nos. 1459, 3709, pls. 30, 61 (B. Böttger)
- Description
- Type of venator jumping over bear.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Type Middle Roman Athenian lamp fabric, firing (consistent), and surface treatment (orange slip; thick, even, semilustrous).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware: brownish red, hard, somewhat gritty fabric; tiny lime and black specks, poorly sorted; overall heavy construction.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 80% of top of lamp, including nearly entire discus, right shoulder up to back edge of wickhole, and upper handle. Surfaces in good condition and breaks clean; rare small specks of encrustation adhering.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 257, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.075
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.055
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.0172
- Preserved length
- 0.082
- Preserved width
- 0.059
- Weight (kg)
- 0.031
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bear (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Person (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 483 (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/ke0483>
