KE 709 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 198
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 191, no. 2777, pl. 43 (J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (red, very hard), firing, and surface (slight smoothing).
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 65% from upper middle to left part of lamp, including roughly three-quarters of discus, and most of left shoulder and nozzle but missing front lip. Slight, sparse erosion and moderate, extension abrasion; worn breaks; thin white discoloration across discuss (calcareous?).
Estimated discus diameter
0.037
Preserved length
0.064
Preserved width
0.042
Weight (kg)
0.014
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph