- 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
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“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>
