KE 989 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/ontology/weight
0.003
Writing transcription
ⲤΤΡ
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 272
Typological identification
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Typological identification
Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
Fabric, firing, surface
Type Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (pale red; slightly gritty), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (orangish red slip; somewhat thick, even, semilustrous).
Preservation description
One sherd preserves ca. 30% of lower middle to left part of lamp, including roughly one-third of base and part of wall. Slight, sparse abrasion and slight, somewhat extensive flaking; worn breaks; few specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 68, no. 369 (H. Williams)
Estimated base diameter
0.038
Preserved length
0.033
Preserved width
0.043
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph