- KE 1321 (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 366
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation North African
- Comparanda
- cf. Bovon1966, p. 91, no. 639, pl. 17 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutsoussaki2008, p. 364, no. 644, pl. LXII, fig. 490 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. CL 1969-213 (cited at IsthmiaX, pl. 6:5)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (reddish brown but core slightly darker than surface, overall heavy), firing (hard), and surface (slight smoothing along sloping shoulder). Thick, sharp joining ridge and narrow webbing; interior surface pressed and flattened by finger.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire upper part of lamp but missing front nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; frequent small patches of encrustation; dark gray cloud around front part of lamp (secondary scorching?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 83, no. 437 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.036
- Handle total height
- 0.03
- Preserved length
- 0.099
- Weight (kg)
- 0.065
- Width
- 0.068
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1321 (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/ke1321>
