KE 1214 (Middle-Late Roman Athenian Lamp with Multiple Nozzles) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
Υ
Comment
JLR 6-2022: scale suggests only two nozzles.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 327
Typological identification
Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Bibliography
On this minor 4th-century workshop, and signatures on few lamps from the Kerameikos, see Karivieri1996, p. 141.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (orangish red, medium fine, smooth fracture but slightly platy), firing, and surface treatment (somewhat thick, even, semimatte slip, deep red with tinge of purple).
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves entire central handle and adjacent discus and two joining fragments preserve ca. 70% of base. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and extensive chipping around edges; widely flaking slip; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 67, no. 358 (H. Williams)
Estimated base diameter
0.0425
Handle total height
0.0295
Preserved length
0.0388
Preserved width
0.0418
Weight (kg)
0.03
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1214 (Middle-Late Roman Athenian Lamp with Multiple Nozzles).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1214>