- KE 1126 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Circular Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 301
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation Syro-Cypriote
- Comparanda
- cf. Bovon1966, p. 92, no. 661, pl. 17 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Courbin1956, p. 199, fig. 17:5 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutoussaki2008, p. 401, no. 736 (unillustrated; Themes, Argos, dated second half 6th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Heavy, rough cooking-ware fabric: grayish red; granular to slightly hackly fracture; numerous, well-sorted, small, subrounded white, subangular and angular gray and black, with rare small bits of grog; small to medium angular porosities at surface. Very hard but variable firing? Faint wash, occasional smoothing; cf. Ke965. Thin, ridging seam. Probably Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 30% from back of discus with adjacent shoulder and upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 86, no. 458 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.091
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.048
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.0247
- Preserved length
- 0.0443
- Preserved width
- 0.062
- Weight (kg)
- 0.024
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.016
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1126 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Circular Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1126>
