KE 735+753 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 204
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Typological identification comment
Late in series
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, pp. 175-176, nos. 2412, 2413, pl. 38 (late generation copy of same design; J. Perlzweig)
Description
Oval outline narrowing to nozzle. Circular discus with raised rim and figural relief: lion crouching right with foliage to left; somewhat schematic details. Outward sloping shoulder with rounding rim bears grape leaves and rosette of eight dots. Solid handle with two grooves above and one below; lower handle defined by flanking grooves. Flat elliptical base with incuse design: two almond shaped grooves, single circles at apices, around palm branch.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment. Widely smoothed seem and slight rights extending up sides of handle.
Preservation comment
Three joining sherds preserves ca. 55% from center to back of lamp, including over one-half of discus and one-quarter of left shoulder (Ke 735) with back right shoulder, entire handle and adjacent back wall, and ca. 30% of bottom (Ke 753). Slight to moderate, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn breaks; infrequent, thick patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 56, no. 252 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.047
Handle total height
0.049
Preserved length
0.037
Preserved width
0.049
Weight (kg)
0.042
Base Width
0.027
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.033
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.016
Other Dimensions
pres. Base L. 0.032
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Lion (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
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KE 753+735 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)

Suggested citation
“KE 735+753 (Middle/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/ke0735>