- KE 236 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 62
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- cf. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 258, 261, no. 2-5, fig. 7 (different fabric?; east of Theater, Corinth, assemblage 2 dated second half of 5th century-500 CE “or later“)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0636-L0160
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 181, nos. 2535-2538, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. Bovon1966, p. 81, no. 575, pl. 15 (signed Ⲥ branch Ⲱ; Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Koutoussaki2008, p. 292, no. 467.8, fig. 403, pl. LI (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Oikonomou1988, pp. 484-485, nos. 33, 34, fig. 2 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Wiseman1967a, p. 36, no. L-4382, pl. 15:4 (Gymnasium area, Corinth)
- Comparanda
- sim. Wohl1993, pp. 134, 135, fig. 8=IsthmiaIX, pp. 104-5, no. 6, fig. 2.89 (dated late 5th-early 6th century; J. Rife)
- Description
- Retouched.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical fabric (pale red, gritty and cracking across surface), firing (hard), and surface treatment (smoothed walls) for type. Clean seam and slight left misalignment of handle.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion and somewhat sparse, moderate gouging and chipping; grayish cloud (calcareous?) across top and large, somewhat thick patches of encrustation on bottom.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 299, pls. 13, 23 (H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.033
- Discus width
- 0.035
- Handle total height
- 0.046
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.037
- Height shoulder to handle
- 0.009
- Length
- 0.089
- Base Length
- 0.059
- Weight (kg)
- 0.087
- Width
- 0.059
- Base Width
- 0.039
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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