- KE 1390 (Early Roman Italian Lamp, handle ornament) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 397
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 169, no. 400, pl. VII (O. Broneer).
- Description
- Triangular handle ornament.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: brownish red. Fine but slightly granular, somewhat soft (weathered?), numerous inclusions: uncommon clustered, small, angular white; frequent, well-sorted, gray and black bits. Somewhat thin, even, matte slip, orangish red, preserved in patches. Italian fabric?
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 65% of lower to middle ornament. Moderate, extensive erosion and abrasion; worn breaks; few specks of encrustation (marine?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 20, no. 86, pl. 4 (H. Williams)
- Preserved height
- 0.053
- Weight (kg)
- 0.024
- Width
- 0.078
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1390 (Early Roman Italian Lamp, handle ornament).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1390>
