KE 1776 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 476
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Typological identification comment
Close Athenian copy of Late Roman North African lamp
Comparanda
sim. Bourgeois1980, p. 71, no. 29, pl. VII (same discus but different shoulder; Mactar)
Comparanda
sim. Bussiere2007, p. 127, no. C 703, pl. 52 (same discus but different shoulder; Musée d‘Hippone; from area)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (unusually fine; orangish red), firing (hard), and surface (thin, uneven, matte slip, red to brownish red, over top and slightly over sides). Smoothed joining ridge and straight alignment at back of handle but upper handle twisted to right. Small fingernail(?) marks around lower wall.
Preservation comment
Six joining sherds preserve ca. 65% of lamp but missing part of right side. Moderate, extensive abrasion and frequent gouging, flaking, and chipping around edges; worn breaks; cloud of black discoloration around front lower part (secondary scorching).
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 82, no. 428, pl. 19 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.044
Discus diameter
0.042
Handle total height
0.048
Length
0.119
Estimated rim diameter
0.077
Weight (kg)
0.087
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.028
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.020
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1776 (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/ke1776>