- KE 607 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 147
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 180, nos. 2482-2486, pl. 40 (sim. format, scale, and signature but with dotted Constantinian monogram; J. Perlzweig)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (orangish red), firing, and surface treatment. Smoothed seam and alignment at back of handle.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 35% of lamp, including roughly one-quarter of middle to back left discus and shoulder, entire handle, roughly one-third of wall, and roughly one-half of middle to back base. Slight, extensive abrasion and slight chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; and numerous specks to patches of encrustation in relief.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 310 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.03
- Handle total height
- 0.037
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.028
- Height shoulder-handle
- 0.009
- Preserved length
- 0.054
- Preserved width
- 0.035
- Weight (kg)
- 0.027
- Base Width
- 0.0312
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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