- KE 963 (Late Roman North African 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 246
- Typological identification
- African Red Slip Lamp Hayes Type I
- Comparanda
- cf. Selesnow1988, pp. 63, 110, 162-163, no. 269, pl. 37 (Motiv 45; Liebieghaus-Museum Alter Plastik, Frankfurt)
- Comparanda
- sim. AlarcaodaPonte1976, p. 107, no. 125, pls. XXIX, XXX (Conimbriga)
- Comparanda
- sim. Menzel1969, pp. 94, 95, no. 613, fig. 79:2 (same format, discus, and shoulder but wreath around cross; RGZM; from Rome)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ponsich1961, p. 109, no. 380, pl. XXVIII (Timgad)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical early Late Roman African fabric (rich red, fine), firing, and surface treatment (thin, even, semimatte slip slightly more orange than fabric).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 40% from top left part of lamp, including slight, extensive abrasion and moderate chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; thin, scattered patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 63, no. 320; p. 81, no. 419, pl. 19 (H. Williams; the former number is correct, the latter is a misidentification of L578 in concordance [p. 101)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.046
- Preserved length
- 0.056
- Preserved width
- 0.036
- Weight (kg)
- 0.019
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 963 (Late Roman North African Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0963>
