- KE 1689 (Middle-Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 438
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Typological identification comment
- Late end of early glazing?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish buff; fine but slightly gritty texture), firing, and surface treatment (thick, even, purplish red). Well smoothed seam. Plug in small handle loop left in before firing.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves small part of back shoulder, almost entire handle, and adjacent back wall. Moderate, extensive abrasion and minor chipping; slip worn off in large patches; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.051
- Preserved length
- 0.031
- Preserved width
- 0.051
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1689 (Middle-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/ke1689>
