KE 713 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 202
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, pp. 142, 188, nos. 1414-1416, 2710-2734, pls. 27, 42, 43 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 297, nos. 4716-4719, pl. 82 (B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (medium fine), firing, and surface treatment (thin wash same color as fabric; cleanly joined seam).
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 40% of middle to back discus and adjacent shoulder and upper handle. Surface in good condition but slight scratching; mostly clean breaks; uncommon patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 65, no. 331, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
Discus width
0.0323
Handle total height preserved
0.0275
Height shoulder-handle
0.014
Preserved length
0.0464
Weight (kg)
0.022
Width
0.0543
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to

KE 712 (Late Roman Argive copy of Asia Minor-Syrian Lamp)