- KE 740 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 176
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pinkish orange fabric, consistently fired; somewhat hard, gritty fabric; common, tiny to small, poorly sorted, subrounded but also angular lime, dark gray, and black inclusion; faintly golden micaceous; sparse irregular voids at surface. Thin, uneven wash same color as fabric. Irregular transverse gouge on handle and bottom pulled to right before firing. Surface cracking during firing on lower wall.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and minor gouging; scattered spots of thick encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 71, no. 372, pls. 16, 24 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.0362
- Discus diameter
- 0.0462
- Length
- 0.0955
- Width
- 0.0598
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.0322
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.0150
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 740 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0740>
