KE 638 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 162
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
Comparanda
cf. BMLIII, p. 476, no. Q 3040, pl. 101 (from Ephesus, Flavian-Trajanic; D. M. Bailey)
Comparanda
cf. GerousiBendermacher2013, p. 38, no. 5 (Perissa, Thera; dated end 1st-beginning 2nd cs. CE)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (pinkish orange; very fine, slightly soft; micaceous); firing; and surface treatment (orangish red slip; mostly thick but variable thickness, mottled to streaky, flakey in places; semilustrous).
Preservation comment
Nine joining fragments preserve most of lamp but missing front nozzle and small part of back base. Very slight, sparse abrasion and rare minor gouging; sharp breaks; sparse, thin white cloud (encrustation?).
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 25, no. 123, pls. 5, 22 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.046
Handle total height
0.038
Height base to shoulder
0.024
Height shoulder-handle
0.014
Preserved length
0.0832
Weight (kg)
0.059
Width
0.0632
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to

KE 637 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)