KE 706 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 195
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 155, no. 1960, pl. 32 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 250, 279, 280, nos. 3828 (precursor?), 4505, 4510, pls. 45, 46 (B. Böttger)=Karivieri1996, pp. 228-9, no. 224, pl. 20 (Kerameikos, dated mid-5th century)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (brownish red), firing, and surface. Cleanly smoothed seam and alignment at back of handle.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 35% of lamp, including small part of discus, roughly two-thirds of right to back shoulder, entire shoulder, most of walls, and roughly three-quarters of base. Slight, extensive abrasion, pitting, and scratching; somewhat worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 292 (H. Williams)
Handle total height
0.039
Preserved length
0.067
Weight (kg)
0.036
Width
0.054
Base Width
0.025
Base Width
0.027
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.033
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.006
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph