- KE 550 (Middle 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 131
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 123, nos. 831-3, pl. 18 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. ChrzanovskiZhuravlev1998, pp. 121-5, no. 67 (from Chersonese; State Historical Museum, Moscow)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 257, nos. 1201, 1202, fig. 182 (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Haken1958, pp. 93-4, no. 96, pl. XIII (purchased in Athens; Národního Musea v Praha)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXVI, pp. 148-50, nos. 1275-1309, pls. 27, 28 (B. Böttger)
- Comparanda
- cf. Libertini1930, p. 278, no. 1333, pl. CXXV (Museo Biscari)
- Comparanda
- cf. Waldhauer1914, p. 63, no. 495, pl. 47 (Hermitage)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: reddish brown core and yellow surface (1+ mm); granular break but laminar at surface; gritty texture; rare, tiny, well sorted, black bits and occasional large, angular black particles visible at surface; very rare, medium small, angular red chunks; very rare, angular, medium, white (calcareous) chunks; rare, subrounded voids. Firing consistent(?). Faint wash across surface. Variable treatment from usual Middle Roman Athenian lamps?
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 35% from top middle to front right of lamp, including roughly one-third of discus and shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion, pitting, and flaking; worn edges; very rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 55, no. 239, pl. 10 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.053
- Preserved length
- 0.055
- Preserved width
- 0.039
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Sexual Activity (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 550 (Middle 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/ke0550>
