KE 558 (Late Roman Asia Minor Imitative Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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)
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
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph