- Ke 2440 (Middle 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 565
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 134, no. 1004, pl. 22 (same design but row of dense globules on shoulder; same fabric and slip?; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. Wohl1981, p. 128, no. 10=IsthmiaX, pp. 121-122, no. 307, pl. 37 (nozzle differs; B. L. Wohl; from Roman Bath)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine, yellowish red, rare tiny black specks), firing, and surface treatment (rich orangish red, thick, even slip, applied over seam into reservoir).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 60% of discus with adjacent right to front shoulder, base of nozzle, and adjacent walls. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and minor flaking; slightly worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 260, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Preserved height
- 0.031
- Preserved length
- 0.059
- Preserved width
- 0.047
- Weight (kg)
- 0.027
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2440 (Middle 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/ke2440>
