- KTH2628 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
- Description
- Tear-shaped outline(?). Keyhole(?) discus with uncertain curvilinear decoration in relief out to flat framing ring. Flat, wide channel on shoulder has relief on each side of four triple concentric circles (Bussière-Rivel Da14) and three almonds (Bussière-Rivel Ga11/12). Straight, thick walls. Thickened wall around seam; blobs of excess clay across top surface.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 10R 5/8, red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Dense, hard, medium coarse, consistently fired, with uncommon, well sorted, subrounded to subangular, white and black inclusions. Thin, semimatte to semiglossy in places, somewhat uneven slip (thick wash?) over whole exterior.
- Label or tag text
- KTH-2015-001 | central hall
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves roughly one quarter of shoulder and small part of discus. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; sparse patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.017
- Preserved length
- 0.056
- Preserved width
- 0.027
- Weight (kg)
- 0.018
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2628 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2628>
