- KE 1288 (Early Roman Corinthian Transitional Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 335
- Typological identification
- Early Roman Corinthian Lamp, Transitional
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pale pinkish orange; slightly soft; smooth to vaguely granular break; very rare, very small, red, dark bits; rare, small to medium, irregular lime chunks. Consistently fired. Slip: orangish red; thick, even, semilustrous with shiny sheen. Corinthian: cf. “Corinthian sigillata“.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves ca. 20% from back shoulder with small part of adjacent discus and upper handle. Moderate, extensive patches of abrasion and chipping; worn breaks; extensive film of white discoloration (calcareous?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 25, no. 126 (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.0325
- Preserved width
- 0.0452
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.041
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1288 (Early Roman Corinthian Transitional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1288>
