- KE 1612 (Late Roman Athenian lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 423
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Description
- Rounded shoulder. Short vertical loop handle with three grooves above seem and two below.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (rather coarse with rare, medium, subrounded lime chunks), firing, and surface treatment (consistent but thin slip slightly darker than fabric, roughly finished). Roughly smoothed molding seem. Plug of clay inside handle loop from before firing.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves almost all of hand and small part of adjacent shoulder and wall. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks; thin film and scattered specks of encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.024
- Preserved width
- 0.028
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.013
- Other Dimensions
- p.H. handle 0.036
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1612 (Late Roman Athenian lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1612>
