KE 746 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 182
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 179, no. 2481, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (redfish brown, slightly irregular fracture), firing (hard), and surface treatment for type (smoothing esp shoulder to wall). Rounded but clean lateral seam..
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 65% from upper middle to front of lamp but missing front lip of nozzle and back of discus, back left shoulder, and handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and rare cracking; worn breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 311, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
Discus width
0.038
Preserved length
0.072
Weight (kg)
0.026
Width
0.062
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 746 (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/ke0746>