- KE 1729 (Late Roman Corinthian[?] Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- 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, and surface description
- 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
- Length
- 0.083
- Base Length
- 0.049
- Weight (kg)
- 0.058
- Width
- 0.055
- Base Width
- 0.032
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.026
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.012
- 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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“KE 1729 (Late 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/ke1729>
