- KTH1952 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-75
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Description
- Circular(?) outline. Circular(?) discus with raised rim. Rounded shoulder has close oblique grooves. Small, narrow, solid handle has two grooves in front that flare out to rim of discus and one below seam. Seam delineated with groove.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 5YR 4/4, reddish brown with slight orange hue in places. Somewhat soft, smooth, somewhat fine fabric with very rare, small, rounded to subangular, black and white rocky inclusions. Semiglossy, smooth, uneven slip, mottled, slightly to moderately flakey.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves small part of shoulder, back wall; upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thin, somewhat sparse encrustation.
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.032
- Preserved width
- 0.044
- Weight (kg)
- 0.009
- Other Dimensions
- H. rim-handle 0.017
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1952 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1952>
