KE 636 (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 160
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
sim. Ke0236-L0062
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 181, nos. 2535-2538, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
sim. Bovon1966, p. 81, no. 575, pl. 15 (signed Ⲥ branch Ⲱ; Argos)
Comparanda
sim. Koutoussaki2008, p. 292, no. 467.8, fig. 403, pl. LI (Argos)
Comparanda
sim. Oikonomou1988, p. 484-5, nos. 33, 34, fig. 2 (Argos)
Comparanda
sim. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 258, 261, no. 2-5, fig. 7 (east of Theater, Corinth, assemblage 2 dated second half of 5th century-500 CE “or later“)
Comparanda
sim. Wiseman1967a, p. 36, no. L-4382, pl. 15:4 (Gymnasium area, Corinth)
Comparanda
sim. Wohl1993, pp. 134, 135, fig. 8=IsthmiaIX, pp. 104-5, no. 6, fig. 2.89 (dated late 5th-early 6th century; J. Rife)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (orangish red), firing, and surface. Cleanly smoothed and aligned seam.
Preservation comment
Intact but slightly chipped front nozzle. Extensive, slight abrasion and pitting; slightly worn breaks; frequent specks to patches of encrustation on all surfaces.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 300 (H. Williams)
Discus length
0.038
Discus width
0.039
Handle total height
0.043
Length
0.097
Base Length
0.051
Weight (kg)
0.041
Width
0.069
Base Width
0.038
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.037
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.010
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 636 (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/ke0636>