KE 642 (Late Roman North African Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 166
Typological identification
African Red-Slip Lamp Hayes Type II
Fabric, firing, surface
Red fabric with a tinge of orange, consistently fired; hard, fine, predominantly smooth break; bright orangish slip, even, somewhat thin, semiglossy, smooth texture. Central Tunisian cf. ARS C ware.
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves ca. 40% from lower middle to back part of lamp, including lower handle, less than one-half of wall, and over one-half of base. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn breaks; somewhat extensive patches of thin encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 81, no. 422 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.043
Handle total height preserved
0.035
Preserved length
0.082
Preserved width
0.064
Weight (kg)
0.041
Chronology comment
Second-fourth quarter 5th century?
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph