- KE 934 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 221
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Comparanda
- cf. CL 1325, 4291, 69-288 (unpublished)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, pp. 271-2, nos. 1324-1330, pl. XIX (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Garnett1975, pp. 194-5, no. 17, pl. 43 (Fountain of the Lamps, northwest of Corinth, dated mid-5th-mid-6th centuries)
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutoussaki2008, p. 291, no. 466 (Thermes, Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Oikonomou1988, pp. 485-6, no. 36, fig. 2 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0942-L0229
- Comparanda
- sim. Bovon1966, p. 80, no. 566, pl. 15 (same format without cross; Argos)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (brownish red), firing, and surface. Smoothed joining ridge and slight left misalignment of seam at back of handle.
- Preservation comment
- Intact but small hole in front right wall. Slight, extensive erosion and moderate abrasion; worn edges and surfaces; thin, extensive film of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 47, no. 223, pl. 9 (H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.029
- Discus width
- 0.03
- Handle total height
- 0.042
- Length
- 0.083
- Base Length
- 0.037
- Weight (kg)
- 0.061
- Width
- 0.056
- Base Width
- 0.027
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.032
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.010
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 934 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0934>
