- KTH0190 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Tear-shaped outline. Keyhole format with short channel to wickhole. Rounded nozzle with traces of burning. Small, circular, raised base with low, broad rim; plain inside. Slight joining ridge but mostly smoothed over.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Clay (surface): 5YR 5/6, yellowish red; (core): 2.5YR 5/2, weak red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Hard, medium fine to slight coarse fabric with uncommon, very small, subrounded to subangular, white and black rocky inclusions; uncommon, small, rounded voids (spalling?). Cf. KTH0144. Matte, very thin, uneven slip preserved around upper wall and rim.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves roughly two thirds of bottom including lower nozzle up to seam. Slight, sparse abrasion.
- Base Diameter
- 0.031
- Height
- 0.026
- Preserved length
- 0.085
- Preserved width
- 0.073
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH0190 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0190>
