- KE 1287 (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 334
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH1951
- Comparanda
- cf. Ke1775-L0475 (cross handle; q.v. for more examples)
- Comparanda
- sim. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 268, 269, no. 3-7, fig. 10 (Baths of Aphrodite cistern, Corinth, assemblage 3 dated end 6th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman Corinthian or regional lamp fabric (brick-like), firing (hard), and surface treatment (smoothed). Cross-shaped handle luted onto shoulder; traces of webbing.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion, scattered pitting, and few large chips from edges; worn edges; faint patches of white discoloration.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 84, no. 455, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
- Height
- 0.043
- Weight (kg)
- 0.021
- Width
- 0.037
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1287 (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/ke1287>
