KE 967 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 250
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (reddish brown, slightly irregular fracture), firing (hard), and surface treatment for type.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 15% from upper right part of lamp, including small part of discus, most of right shoulder from front of handle, and middle part of handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare chipping; mostly clean breaks; few specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 305 (H. Williams)
Preserved length
0.039
Preserved width
0.054
Weight (kg)
0.015
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph