KE 1127 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 302
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation North African
Comparanda
cf. Bovon1966, p. 89, no. 616 (Argos)
Comparanda
cf. Courbin1956, pp. 199, 200, fig. 17:4 (Argos)
Comparanda
cf. Koutoussaki2008, p. 369, no. 654, pl. LXIV, fig. 503 (Agora, Argos)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Late Roman Corinthian “white“ fabric (pale red, fine, very small tiny white bits; somewhat soft and soapy surface texture?), firing, and surface. Wide, sharp joining ridge and blocky webbing.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 35% of upper middle to back part of lamp, including less than one-half of discus, more than one-half of shoulder and outer rim, and upper handle. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and patches of scratching; worn breaks; thin film of encrustation in relief.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 84, no. 447, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.035
Handle total height preserved
0.039
Preserved length
0.064
Preserved width
0.067
Weight (kg)
0.045
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.022
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1127 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1127>