- KE 2472 (Early-Middle Roman Knidian Plastic Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Inventory and subject numbers created and object studied in 2023-2024.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 589
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, Knidian
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale orange with tinge of yellow; slip reddish orange; consistently fired. Fine, hard; smooth break. Common, well sorted, tiny, mixed bits (white, dark, red?); rare, small, angular, lime particles; one large, angular chunk of terracotta crypted(?); golden micaceous. Somewhat thick, even slip, semilustrous with faint metallic sheen, over outside and spread within dripping into part of interior. Knidian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire handles and small part of adjacent shoulder. Very slight, sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; edges slightly worn; otherwise surface in good condition.
- Preserved height
- 0.037
- Preserved width
- 0.054
- Weight (kg)
- 0.019
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.024
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 2472 (Early-Middle Roman Knidian Plastic Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2472>
