KE 1764 (Late Roman Asia Minor or Aegean Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 466
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
Comparanda
cf. GerousiBendermacher2014, p. 160, no. 288 (identified as Aegean product; Perissa, Thera, dated 6th century).
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (pinkish buff, fired more pale at surface; fine, micaceous), firing (somewhat variable), and surface treatment (unslipped). Cf. Ke0988.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves small part of front discus, ca. 55% of left and right shoulders, entire nozzle, and ca. 20% of base and adjacent walls. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and uncommon scratching, gouging, and chipping; worn breaks; rare small patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 72, no. 378, pls. 17, 24 (identified as Asia Minor product; H. Williams)
Estimated base diameter
0.038
Estimated body diameter
0.064
Estimated discus diameter
0.044
Preserved height
0.0368
Preserved length
0.0651
Preserved width
0.0625
Weight (kg)
0.051
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph