- Ke 2419 (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
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 543
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 288-289, nos. 4631-4637, pl. 80 (some with herringbone and some with wavy lines; B. Böttger).
- Description
- Teardrop(?) outline. Discus with late scallop motif; central filling hole. Flat shoulder has wavy line. Short thick loop handle with two wide grooves above seam.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red), firing, and surface treatment (thin, mostly even, matte slip slightly darker than fabric). Irregular plug of clay inside handle from before firing.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves back 15% of back discus, entire upper handle, and small part of adjacent shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; and extensive, very thin film of encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.056
- Preserved width
- 0.033
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-handle 0.022
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2419 (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/ke2419>
