- Ke 2459 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Inventory and subject numbers created and object studied in 2022.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 584
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular, concave discus with raised rim and one filling hole back left. Sloping shoulder with relief of leaf motif(?). Solid handle with two grooves and wide fishtail at back base. Round base with raised band.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (yellowish pink, rare subangular small black fragments and frequent golden mica), firing, and surface treatment (somewhat thick, even, dark red to reddish brown slip).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves small part of back discus, ca. 10% of back rim, entire handle, and small part of back base. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion; flaking slip; very worn edges; rare specks of encrustation.
- Body diameter
- 0.06
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.035
- Handle total height
- 0.027
- Body Height
- 0.026
- Preserved length
- 0.031
- Preserved width
- 0.043
- Weight (kg)
- 0.012
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.028
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2459 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2459>
