KE 1576 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 416
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pale red but surface more orange; hard), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped but smoothed?). Slight misaligned at seam but smoothed.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 70% of discus and adjacent shoulder, entire handle, and ca. 45% of base and adjacent wall but missing nozzle. Slight, moderate abrasion and pitting; splitting along back right seam; worn breaks; rare thin patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 66, no. 354 (H. Williams)
Estimated base diameter
0.039
Discus length
0.032
Handle total height
0.047
Preserved length
0.0799
Preserved width
0.0531
Weight (kg)
0.051
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.033
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.014
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph