- Ke 2422 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- 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 546
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Circular outline. Heavy volute nozzle with triangular termination, curving grooves behind wickhole.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of left nozzle and adjacent wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; slip well preserved; mostly clean breaks; thick patch of mortar(?) or sandy encrustation inside.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine, pinkish), firing, and surface treatment (rich orangish red, thick, even slip, applied over seam into reservoir).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 18, no. 66 (H. Williams identified as “Part of an extremely large volute lamp. Italian, first century“)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.09
- Preserved height
- 0.032
- Preserved length
- 0.059
- Preserved width
- 0.026
- Weight (kg)
- 0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2422 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2422>
