Fabric: typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (buff; fine). Surface: pale reddish orange slip; thin, mostly even; mottled; semimatte.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment: pale buff with a tinge of pink; hard, very fine fabric with smooth break; thin, semimatte orange slip with a tinge of red, mottled, over exterior and spreading through wickhole inside; peeling in flakes everywhere.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 30% from upper left part of lamp, including roughly one-quarter of discus and left shoulder from front handle to lateral edge of wickhole. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
“KE 998 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0998>