KE 1853 (Early Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 488
Typological identification
Broneer Type XVI Lamp
Conservation
1960s: refitting with natural shellac.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pale gray with tinge of brown, more red at very surface (>1 mm); grtty texture; granular break; medium coarse, with unccommon, small, well sorted, rounded and subrounded, white inclusions; and rare, medium to large, angular, lime chunks, some exploding at surface. Variable firing across surface from top to bottom. Traces of wet-smoothing across top and sides. Wheelmade; stringcut base; handmade nozzle, with fingerprints and indentations from modelling visible.
Preservation comment
Six joining fragments preserve most of lamp but small parts of discus and base and entire handle. Chipping around edges; slightly worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 11, no. 43, pls. 2, 22 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.042
Body diameter
0.059
Preserved length
0.0931
Rim Height
0.0335
Weight (kg)
0.063
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1853 (Early 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/ke1853>