KE 928 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 215
Typological identification
Howland Type 25 Lamp
Typological identification comment
Howland Type 25B = Scheibler DSL 3
Comparanda
Cf. AgoraIV, p. 73, no. 308, pl. 38 (R. H. Howland)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pale brownish red to slightly more orange at surface; fine, somewhat soft; smooth to slightly granular break; well sorted, rare, very small, subrounded, mixed white, black, brown-red inclusions, but white rarely somewhat larger; very rare voids); firing (consistent); and surface treatment (black slip inside and outside but lower wall apparently reserved; somewwhat thick, even but flakey, semilustrous).
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of front to right discus and adjacent shoulder and entire nozzle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion, including flaking slip, with rare chipping and gouging front right; worn breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 4, no. 4 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.053
Preserved length
0.0675
Preserved width
0.0482
Weight (kg)
0.031
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph