KE 948 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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 235
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 181, no. 2519, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
sim. CorinthIV.2, p. 274, no. 1355, pl. XIX (signed ΧΙΟΝΗⲤ; O. Broneer)
Comparanda
sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 294, no. 4698, pl. 82 (B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (pale red with tinge of orange; slightly gritty), firing (hard, surface slightly darker than fabric), and surface (smoothed). Mostly clean joining ridge and alignment at seam.
Preservation comment
Intact. Very slight, sparse abrasion and rare chip on bottom; rare specks of encrustation on bottom; film of white discoloration (calcareous?).
Published as
KenchreaiV, pp. 61-2, no. 301, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
Discus length
0.039
Discus width
0.032
Handle total height
0.048
Length
0.092
Base Length
0.057
Weight (kg)
0.079
Width
0.058
Base Width
0.038
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.033
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.015
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph