KE 1517 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 411
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, imitation Asia Minor
Comparanda
For format and style, perhaps an archetype (direct impression) see AltAginaI.2, p. 66, no. 60, pl. 18 (F. Felten).
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 188, no. 2736, pl. 43 (comparable format and decoration; J. Perlzweig)
Conservation
1960s: joined with shellac.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (scattered very small white, gray, black inclusions; slightly gritty), firing, and surface (>1mm fired more pale than fabric). Mostly even alignment of upper and lower halves.
Preservation comment
Two small joining sherds preserve ca. 35% from back of lamp and large part of left shoulder, with upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare pitting and gouging; slightly worn breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 63, no. 321, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.0349
Handle total height preserved
0.0211
Preserved length
0.0539
Preserved width
0.0597
Weight (kg)
0.024
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.0105
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph