KE 1375 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 382
Typological identification
Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Typological identification comment
Type of bucranium.
Comparanda
sim. IsthmiaX, p. 121, no. 304, pl. 36 (B. L. Wohl)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pale red with tinge of orange; gritty, hard), firing, and surface treatment (orange; variable thickness, semimatte).
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 40% from top right lamp, including discus and adjacent shoulder to base of nozzle. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare scratching; worn breaks; thin, small patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 259, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.04
Preserved length
0.0672
Preserved width
0.0387
Weight (kg)
0.016
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bull or Cow (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph