- KTH0124 (Late Roman North African Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- African Red Slip Lamp Hayes Type II
- Typological identification comment
- Hayes Type II, late phase
- Description
- Thick walls with circular outline. Keyhold format. Circular discus has filling hole middle, relief, and raised rim. Relief depicts Greek cross with raised rim, double(?) circles at four ends and fleurons. Shoulder has wide, shallow groove with rounded quatrefoils (Bussière-Rivel Fa/Fb). Plain channel to wickhole. Traces of burning around end of nozzle. Short, thick, solid handle extends to base ring. Wide, some high, circular base ring with plain center. Details are very blunt from worn mold.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 10R 6/8, light red. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. Consistently fired. Late Roman African fabric: note somewhat gritty texture and uncommon, subangular, black inclusions and some small calcite particles. Semiglossy, thick, even slip everywhere preserved. Very sparse clay nodules and occasional flecks of plaster.
- Label or tag text
- Τομέας Α | Στρώμα 2 | ΝΔ γωνία κτιρίου | Δ. προέκταση | 5 κομμάτια λυχναρίου
- Other number or identifier
- 149
- Preservation comment
- Four joining fragments preserve almost entire lamp except more than one half of nozzle and small part of right wall to front bottom. Very slight, extensive abrasion and pitting; very sparse, small patches of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.035
- Discus diameter
- 0.033
- Handle total height
- 0.041
- Body Height
- 0.029
- Length
- 0.11
- Weight (kg)
- 0.089
- Width
- 0.067
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-rim 0.030
- Other Dimensions
- H. rim-handle 0.011
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH0124 (Late Roman North African Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0124>
