- Ke 2417 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Inventory number created and object studied in 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 541
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, pp. 106-107, 229, no. 952, pl. XIV (Athenian glazed, signed Κ; more orderly rendering than Ke2417; O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaX, p. 135, no. 383, pl. 51 (B. l. Wohl; from Roman Bath)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0405-L0093 (early glazed: more even design and thicker slip)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 154, no. 1927 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 216, no. 185, pls. 139, 140 (thicker, brighter glaze; dated second or third quarter 5th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 154, nos. 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 280, no. 4515, pl. 76 (B. Böttger)
- Description
- Tear-shaped outline. Circular discus with raised rim has central filling hole and relief: rosette of 16 petals twisted clockwise; uneven. Flat shoulder has herringbone (irregular). One airhole at back of nozzle flanked by small single incuse circles; groove from airhole to wickhole. Solid handle with two grooves above and one below. On base, two tear-shaped grooves with at least one single incuse circle at top and at least two inside (quincunx?).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (pale orangish red but core darker than surface; moderately fine), firing, and surface treatment (thin, mostly even, matte wash very slightly darker than surface fabric). Very clean seam and alignment.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 50% of lamp, including entire discus, back left shoulder, entire handle, and roughly half of base. Slight, sparse abrasion with very rare pitting; worn breaks; specks to patches of encrustation, especially on interior.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 293 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.039
- Handle total height
- 0.0435
- Preserved length
- 0.0689
- Preserved width
- 0.0493
- Weight (kg)
- 0.039
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.031
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.0125
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“Ke 2417 (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/ke2417>
