KE 993 (Late Hellenistic Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
JLR 4-2020: early-mid-1BC? note neck and plain discus as features closer to 55B, but treatment on leaf-relief and handle and lack of collar are solid 51B
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 276
Typological identification
Howland Type 51 Lamp
Typological identification
Howland Type 55 Lamp
Typological identification comment
Howland Type 51B=Scheibler Typ SML/III
Comparanda
Sim. gen. AgoraIV, pp, 175-176, 177, no. 691, pl. 50 (rosette on discus; context dated late 2nd-early 1st century B.C. but cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 512; R. H. Howland)
Comparanda
Sim. gen. KerameikosXI, pp, 73-74, no. 432, pl. 71 (rosette on discus and palmette on neck; I. Scheibler)
Description
Circular body. Imbricated leaf pattern in relief on top. Wide band handle.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pink to yellow; fine, somewhat soft; slightly granular break; well sorted, very rare, small, subrounded, mixed white, black, brown-red inclusions, but white rarely somewhat larger; very rare voids); firing (consistent?); and surface treatment (brownish red slip inside and outside; mottled; somewhat thin, even but flakey, semimatte).
Published as
KenchreaiI, p. 27, no. 25 (R. Scranton)
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 12, no. 49, pl. 2 (identified as Howland Type 55B; H. Williams)
Body diameter
0.0575
Discus diameter
0.0325
Preserved length
0.0868
Weight (kg)
0.037
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph