- KE 569 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [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 138
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, local design
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment: Late Roman Corinthian “red“ lamp fabric (medium coarse; rough texture).
- Preservation comment
- Six joining sherds preserve ca. 80% from top of lamp, including nearly entire discus and shoulder from front to handle to edge of wickhole, and ca. 65% of base and adjacent walls. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping; worn breaks; infrequent, thick chunks to patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, pp. 60-1, no. 290, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.042
- Base Length
- 0.049
- Preserved length
- 0.072
- Weight (kg)
- 0.039
- Width
- 0.065
- Base Width
- 0.03
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.032
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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“KE 569 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0569>
