KE 976 (Late Roman Corinthian[?] Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Copy from an original with blurry relief from wear. Wide webbing and prominent joining ridge; misalignment to left at seam.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 259
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Copy of North African Lamp
Typological identification comment
Regional (Corinthian?) copy of African Red-Slip Atlante type XA, groupe C3=Bonifay lampe type 55
Comparanda
Model: cf.(?) Ennabli1976, pp. 180-181, no. 800, pl. XLVIII (Musée du Bardo; from El Djem)
Description
Traces of small chi-rho right on discus?
Fabric, firing, surface
Late Antique regional (Corinthian?)“white” fabric, firing, surface: fine, somewhat soft, with smooth break and dusty texture; rare, small to medium, subangular white calcareous inclusions; pale buff with faint pink hue; surface smoothed but lacking wash.
Preservation description
Intact but missing front of nozzle. A few slight scratches and chips on discus and base but otherwise surface in good condition and breaks clean.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 84, no. 446 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.035
Discus diameter
0.031
Handle total height
0.04
Height base to shoulder
0.028
Height shoulder to handle
0.012
Preserved length
0.091
Weight (kg)
0.062
Width
0.061
Chronology comment
Model: second half 5th-first half 6th century(?) (Bonifay2004, p. 386)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph