- KTH1300 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Format: Loeschcke Typus IV=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B Group ii (Tiberian-Early Trajanic).
- Typological identification comment
- Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VI a.
- Description
- Circular outline. Circular, concave discus with filling hole low center and design of scallop shell in relief. Simple volute nozzle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 7.5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 7.5YR 4/4, brown. Hard, smooth, somewhat fine fabric with very rare, small, rounded to subangular, grey to black rocky inclusions. Semiglossy, smooth, uneven slip, mottled, slightly flakey, which is best preserved on discus.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining fragments preserve roughly three quarters of discus and one third of shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; moderate, extensive encrustation on all surfaces. Traces of secondary scorching on one side?
- Preserved height
- 0.019
- Preserved length
- 0.064
- Preserved width
- 0.055
- Weight (kg)
- 0.018
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Shell (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH1300 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1300>
