- KE 1731 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 459
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (orangish red but more pale at very surface; granular; uncommon, small to rarely medium, well sorted, mostly subangular, white (calcareous) inclusions), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped). Slight seam ridging and webbing.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining sherds preserve ca. 12% from top of lamp, include small part of back right shoulder, entire handle, and entire bottom but missing nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion, pitting, and scratching; worn breaks; thin but widespread film of encrustation.
- Handle total height
- 0.059
- Height
- 0.024
- Preserved length
- 0.082
- Weight (kg)
- 0.04
- Width
- 0.061
- Other Dimensions
- H. handle base-shoulder 0.023
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.036
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1731 (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/ke1731>
