KE 749 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 185
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 297, no. 4721, pl. 82 (similar discus+wavey lines; B. Böttger).
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (pale orangish red), firing, and surface treatment. Smoothed joining ridge.
Preservation comment
Two large joining sherd preserves ca. 40% from upper back part of lamp, including small part of discus, less than one-half of back shoulder, and upper handle; and lower right wall and base.. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and rare chipping and cracking; worn breaks; faint, somewhat extensive white discoloration (calcareous?).
Estimated discus diameter
0.039
Handle total height
0.043
Height base to shoulder
0.031
Height shoulder to handle
0.012
Preserved length
0.05
Preserved width
0.055
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
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KE 748 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)