- KE 1901 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 497
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, pp. 175-6, nos. 2412, 2413, pl. 38 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 177, no. 48, pl. 4.
- Conservation
- 1960s: joined using natural shellac.
- Description
- Type of lion crouching right
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, fabric, and surface treatment: brownish red;hard, slightly gritty; thin, even, dull, brown slip with tinge of purple.
- Preservation comment
- Two large joining sherds preserves ca. 40% from upper middle to back right part of lamp. Moderate to severe, extensive abrasion and large chips from handle and edges; very worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 56, no. 251, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.045
- Preserved length
- 0.068
- Preserved width
- 0.05
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1901 (Middle/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/ke1901>
