KE 571 (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 140
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 154, nos. 1918-1941, pl. 32 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, pp. 210-1, 216, nos. 179, 180, 184, 185, pls. 39, 40.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (fine, reddish gray core, very hard fired); thin, even, matte slipped but more of a wash, fires gray. Small globules from air pockets in plaster mold.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 20% of upper back middle to left part of lamp, including less than one-quarter of discus, roughly one-half of shoulder, and upper handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight scratching; worn breaks; infrequent patches of thin encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 296, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.044
Handle total height
0.046
Preserved length
0.061
Preserved width
0.063
Weight (kg)
0.032
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.029
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.017
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 571 (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/ke0571>