- KTH2625 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 32, bag 2
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 23 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 23D=Broneer Type VI=Scheibler Typ DS 2
- Description
- Flat discus with wide central filling hole and single deep groove near outer rim. Mostly vertical to slightly convex wall curving toward base. Thick wall. Wheelmade.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale buff early Corinthian fabric: near 7.5YR 8/4 (pink). Slip: near 5YR 3/1 (very dark gray). Fine, somewhat soft fabric, consistently fired, with rare very small, subrounded white inclusions and very small, rare, spherical voids. Cf. KTH2627. Semiglossy, thin but flakey slip, brownish gray, on exterior and interior.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves roughly one quarter to one third of discus, shoulder, and one wall. Slight, extensive abrasion, pitting, and scoring.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.06
- Preserved height
- 0.035
- Weight (kg)
- 0.016
- Has geographic origin
- Corinthia
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2625 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2625>
