- KE 1575 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 415
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, pp. 402, 404, no. Q 3245, figs. 8. 132, pl. 16 (D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXXI, p. 56, no. PT-4, pl. 56 (K. Slane)
- Comparanda
- cf. Livitsanis2011, p. 123, fig. 33 (Ithaka)
- Description
- Hermes with ram right and table with purse left.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Middle Corinthian red lamp fabric, firing, and surface treatment: pale reddish, hard fired, surface tends to have dusty texture.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 15-18% of middle to front discus, back of nozzle, and small part of shoulder. Very slight, sparse pitting but surface mostly in good condition; sharp breaks; extensive, thin film of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 43, no. 156, pl. 7 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.059
- Preserved length
- 0.061
- Preserved width
- 0.037
- Weight (kg)
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Hermes/Mercury (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Sheep (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1575 (Early/Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1575>
