- KE 1124 (Early Byzantine Regional Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 299
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation North African
- Typological identification comment
- Corinthian copy of regional imitation of North African lamp. Note large unperforated airhole in channel.
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaX, p. 140, no. 414, pl. 55 (moldmates?; B. L. Wohl; from Northeast Gate; citing examples from Nemea that are not fully published)
- Comparanda
- sim. Aupert1980, pp. 409-410, nos. 24-33=Koutsoussaki2008, pp. 357-358, no. 631, pls. LX, LXI, figs. 477-479 (variante A; Agora and Thermes, Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Bovon1966, p. 91, no. 642, pl. 17 (Argos)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Late Corinthian “white“ fabric (slightly reddish buff; somewhat fine), firing (hard), and surface (smoothing along shoulder and walls). Wide wedding and joining ridge but rounded by hand; clean alignment at seam.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve complete lamp but missing front of nozzle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and slight chipping around edges; slightly worn breaks; streaks of gray to black discoloration on upper right wall and underwide of nozzle (secondary scorching?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 83, no. 435, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.02
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.033
- Handle total height
- 0.05
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.035
- Height shoulder-handle
- 0.015
- Preserved length
- 0.092
- Weight (kg)
- 0.104
- Width
- 0.065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
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