- Ke 2415 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΠΡΕ[ΙΜ]|ΟΥ
- Comment
- Inventory number created and object studied in June, 2022; subject number created by H. Williams in ca. 1972.
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 539B
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
- Description
- Flat, circular base with incuse signature within single groove: ΠΡΕ[ΙΜ]|ΟΥ.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian buff fabric (tinge of orange; gritty but fine).
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves ca. 25% of left base with adjacent wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare pitting; slightly worn breaks; faint white cloud of discoloration across all surfaces. A second sherd (left discus) stored with this base fragment as L 539a was found to join with Ke0041-L0012. It is uncertain whether the base sherd (L 539b) originates from the same lamp at the discus sherds.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 54, no. 233 (H. Williams identified with “Attic Lamps of the Third Century“)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.043
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.023
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2415 (Early-Middle 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/ke2415>
