- KE 1789 (Early Roman Corinthian Oversized Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 479
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XVI Lamp
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for type: grayish red, unevenly fired; hard; granular break; uncommon, small, well sorted, subrounded, pale red and white inclusions; uncommon, medium to large, subangular, lime chunks, many exploding at surface; irregular voids, many elongated at surface. Wheelmade; knife-trimming across body and stringcut base. Handmade nozzle.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining fragments preserve roughly one half of front right of lamp, including entire nozzle. Slight chipping around edges and slightly worn breaks, but otherwise surface in good condition.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 11, no. 48, pl. 2 (H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.045
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.091
- Height
- 0.05
- Preserved length
- 0.1063
- Preserved width
- 0.0791
- Weight (kg)
- 0.095
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1789 (Early Roman Corinthian Oversized Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1789>
