- KL034+KL274 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Technique
- Excess clay along seam next to handle.
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Description
- Wide circular outline. Circular, concave discus has large filling hole middle right, figural relief, and two rounded framing rings. Relief depicts Athena Promachos facing left: visible outline of left shoulder, breastplate, and raised areas for brim and crest of helmet but heavily worn everywhere. Slightly rounded shoulder has panels with branches crossing over double rows of globules separated by ridges. Somewhat narrow, raised, kite-shaped nozzle. Small ring handle with three grooves attaches at discus rim. Flat, circular base with single circular groove; signature does not survive.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Middle Roman Athenian lamp fabric: somewhat soft and slightly gritty. Unglazed.
- Preservation description
- Seven joining sherds, including handle (KL274) preserve >50% of discus without middle, >75% of shoulder, nozzle, and base, and upper handle. Irregular, slight, sparse abrasion, extensive flaking and pitting on shoulder around handle and on underside, and compression fractures; slightly worn breaks; rough but delimited patches of encrustation across top.
- Base Diameter
- 0.034
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.066
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.035
- Preserved length
- 0.115
- Weight (kg)
- 0.064
- Width
- 0.093
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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