Ke 2455 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer 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 580
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 142, no. 1410, 1411, pls. 26, 35 (comparable style; J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (yellowish red, rare varied small bits including sparse, small, subrounded lime chunks, some exploding at surface); hard fired; smoothed surface slightly pinker than core. Late Roman red lamp fabric. Smoothed band at seam. Retouching mostly in shoulder design but in a few details of lion. Stamp on bottom appears fresh.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 80% of discus, ca. 40% of right shoulder, back to right nozzle, and ca. 20% of front base and adjacent wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor scratching and chipping; somewhat worn breaks; scarce small patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 56, no. 253, pl. 11 (H. Williams misidentified in concordance)
Preserved height
0.034
Preserved length
0.062
Preserved width
0.052
Weight (kg)
0.029
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Lion (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph