KE 1217 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
Δ? Α̣?
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 330
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 242, no. 1070, pl. XV (O. Broneer)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 273, no. 4426 (B. Böttger)=[@Karivieri1996, p. 237, no. 250, pl. 22 (signed ΚΥ sideways; dated second half 5th century)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 289, no. 4638, pl. 80 (same design but rosette on square discus slightly different; B. Böttger)
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 144, no. 1445, pl. 27 (same design without rosette in square discus; J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: yellow with a tinge of red, but surface slightly more pale; gritty texture, granular break to platy, very hard; uncommon, small, well sorted, subrounded and subangular white inclusions and very rare, small, black and gray particles; rare, medium, rounded voids. Surface: unslipped but smoothed.
Preservation comment
Intact but missing ca. 30% from middle to front base. Moderate to severe areas of erosion and flaking, slight, somewhat extensive abrasion, minor gouging and scratching; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 60, no. 286, pl. 12 (H. Williams)
Discus length
0.045
Discus width
0.054
Handle total height
0.046
Length
0.115
Weight (kg)
0.076
Width
0.081
Base Width
0.051
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.031
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.015
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1217 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1217>