KE 942 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 229
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 CL 1325, 4291, 69-288 (unpublished)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, Corinth, dated mid-5th-mid-6th centuries)
Comparanda
cf. Oikonomou1988, pp. 485-6, no. 36, fig. 2 (Argos)
Comparanda
sim. Ke0934-L0221
Comparanda
sim. Bovon1966, p. 80, no. 566, pl. 15 (same format without cross; Argos)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Late Roman Corinthian “red“ lamp fabric (brick red, heavy, gritty), firing (hard), and surface (somewhat smooth). Slight webbing and narrow, sharp joining ridge; slight left misalignment at handle seam.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 65% of lamp but missing most of discus and right shoulder and wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare pitting; worn breaks; scattered patches of thin encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 47, no. 224 (H. Williams)
Discus length
0.027
Discus width
0.029
Handle total height
0.04
Base Length
0.038
Preserved length
0.07
Preserved width
0.046
Weight (kg)
0.045
Base Width
0.026
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.028
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.012
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 942 (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/ke0942>