KE 559 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (North Mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 133
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation North African
Comparanda
cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 81, no. 3151, pl. 36 (O. Broneer; east end, Temple of Poseidon)
Comparanda
sim, Aupert1980, pp. 407, 408, no. 9, fig. 12=Koutoussaki2008, p. 362, no. 637.22, fig. 487 (same cross but shoulder varies?; Thermes, Argos)
Comparanda
sim. Bovon1966, p. 91, no. 643, pl. 17 (Argos)
Comparanda
sim. IsthmiaX, p. 139, no. 412, pl. 55 (B. L. Wohl; East Field)
Comparanda
sim. Koutoussaki2008, p. 363, no. 637.19a, pl. LXI, fig. 485 (Thermes, Argos)
Fabric, firing, surface
Late Roman Corinthian “brick red“ fabric (heavy, somewhat gritty), firing (very hard), and surface (sparse smoothing). Slight webbing, distinct, rounded joining ridge; good alignment at back seam.
Preservation description
Intact but missing front 20% of wall and entire nozzle. Very slight, sparse abrasion but otherwise surface in good condition and breaks clean; infrequent, thin patches of encrustation. Front half of lamp shows gray to black discoloration (scorching?).
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 83, no. 436, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.032
Discus length
0.039
Discus width
0.036
Handle total height
0.056
Height base to shoulder
0.036
Height shoulder to handle
0.02
Preserved length
0.107
Weight (kg)
0.122
Width
0.073
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph