- KTH2626 (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 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 25B (dated second half 4th-first quarter 3rd cs.)=Scheibler Typ RSL 4 (dated 350-250); cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 496 (S. Rotroff suggests redating 25B: 340-ca. 275 BCE)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXI, pp. 28, 29, nos. 95, 96, 112, pls. 18-21 (I. Scheibler)
- Description
- Round discus with wide central filling hole and single deep groove near rim; discus slopes gently inward between groove and hole. Wall is convex to rounded downward. Wheelmade.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale early Corinthian fabric: 7.5YR 8/3 (pink). Slip: near 5YR 3/1 (very dark gray). Fine fabric, consistently fired, with rare, very small, rounded to subrounded, white inclusions. Semiglossy, thin but even, flakey glaze throughout exterior and interior.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves roughly one third of discus and shoulder. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and scoring.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.04
- Preserved height
- 0.022
- Weight (kg)
- 0.008
- Has geographic origin
- Corinthia
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2626 (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/kth2626>
