KE 571 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 140
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 154, nos. 1918-1941, pl. 32 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, pp. 210-1, 216, nos. 179, 180, 184, 185, pls. 39, 40.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (fine, reddish gray core, very hard fired); thin, even, matte slipped but more of a wash, fires gray. Small globules from air pockets in plaster mold.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 20% of upper back middle to left part of lamp, including less than one-quarter of discus, roughly one-half of shoulder, and upper handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight scratching; worn breaks; infrequent patches of thin encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 61, no. 296, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.044
Handle total height
0.046
Height base to shoulder
0.029
Height shoulder-handle
0.017
Preserved length
0.061
Preserved width
0.063
Weight (kg)
0.032
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Linked to

KE 570+1309 (Late Roman Regional Lamp)