- KE 558 (Late Roman Asia Minor Imitative 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 132
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format of nozzle and shape of discus and rim are distinctly Egyptian, but material indicates Asia Minor product from Ephesus that is late derivative therefrom.
- Comparanda
- Motif and general outline sim. EphesosIV.2, pp. 117, 135, nos. 238, 746, pls. II, V (Typus II, V; F. Miltner)
- Comparanda
- Motif and general outline sim. GerousiBendermacher2014, p. 151, no. 209 (Perissa-Thera, dated 7th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. BMLIII, p. 251, nos. 2066, 2067, figs. 34, 35, pl. 44 (D. M. Bailey; same format and material, dated 4th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. Brants1913, p. 64, no. 1129, pl. VIII (from Asia Minor; Rijksmuseum, Leiden)
- Comparanda
- sim. Bruyère1966, pp. 111-113, pl. XVIII third row fourth position (Clysma [al-Kulzum, Bay of Suez])
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish orange, varied small bits, highly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (purplish red, somewhat thin, even slip surviving in patches). Slightly misaligned seam.
- Preservation comment
- Intact but missing small part of back left discus and front edge of nozzle. Moderate to severe, extensive erosion (flaking) and slight to moderate abrasion; worn breaks. Scorching around entire nozzle from use.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 71, no. 373, pls. 16, 24 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.038
- Body diameter
- 0.07
- Discus diameter
- 0.056
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.024
- Body Height
- 0.025
- Length
- 0.103
- Weight (kg)
- 0.041
- Width
- 0.078
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 558 (Late Roman Asia Minor Imitative Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0558>
