- KE 1729 (Late Roman Corinthian[?] Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 457
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- sim. format AgoraVII, p. 181, no. 2512, pl. 40 (signed ⲤⲰ; J. Perlzweig)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (reddish brown but slightly more pale and orange closer to surface; gritty, granular break), firing, and surface (unslipped). Well aligned and smoothed seam.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Moderate, extensive abrasion with some erosion, pitting, large flakes and chips; clouds of gray discoloration around front and back (secondary scorching).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 303, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.042
- Discus width
- 0.036
- Handle total height
- 0.038
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.026
- Height shoulder-handle
- 0.012
- Length
- 0.083
- Base Length
- 0.049
- Weight (kg)
- 0.058
- Width
- 0.055
- Base Width
- 0.032
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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