KTH2590 (Early Roman Italian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke IV=probably Bailey Type B Group ii (Tiberian-Early Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform III b
Description
Circular outline. Discus slopes down and inward; two framing grooves toward rim. Thin walls with thick interior join, sloping steeply inward toward base.
Description
Fabric: pale yellow, fine, somewhat soft, with scattered white (lime) inclusions and rare tiny to small black bits. Slip: 10YR 5/1, reddish gray. Thin, somewhat even, semimatte, flaking.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves roughly one quarter of outer discus and rim. Slight, sparse abrasion and slight, somewhat extensive encrustation.
Estimated body diameter
0.09
Preserved height
0.012
Weight (kg)
0.006
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH2590 (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/kth2590>