- KE 1906 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 502
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Copy Argive.
- Comparanda
- cf. Garnett1975, p. 205, no. 42, fig. 1 (Fountain of the Lamps, Corinth)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Corinthian red lamp fabric: hard, somewhat gritty; dark brownish red; uncommon, small to medium, poorly sorted, lime chunks; tiny lime specks and other dark bits; thin, dull, even wash on exterior; fingerprints on interior floor from pressing clay into mold.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire base, most of wall, and handle below seam. Very slight scoring and chipping round edges; worn breaks; thin, widespread patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 48, no. 226 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.0257
- Preserved length
- 0.0765
- Preserved width
- 0.0448
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.0258
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1906 (Late 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/ke1906>
