- KTH0143 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Lamp Base) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Glass (Artifact Category)
- Description
- Lamp bottom. Shallow curved profile, thickening in the middle where roughly circular, flattened and slanted knob projects from convex surface, dimpled in middle (max. W. 0.017, H. 0.007 m).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Light blue (PMS 623C), semitranslucent. Frequent pinprick to small, spherical bubbles, some aligned diagonally.
- Label or tag text
- Τομέας Γ | Στρώμα 1 | τοίχος 10 (εξ.) | κομμάτια γυαλίου
- Other number or identifier
- 228
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves most of central part broken all around. Slight to moderate, extensive iridescence, crizzling, and black enamel flaking; moderate, extensive pitting.
- Preserved height
- 0.016
- Preserved width
- 0.046
- Material
- Glass (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0143 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Lamp Base).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2021. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0143>
