KE 951 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Distinct joining ridge and webbing but slight. Worn details from worn archetype or mold or both.
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/ontology/weight
0.063
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 238
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Typological identification comment
Late Roman Corinthian copy of Athenian late unglazed lamp
Comparanda
sim. Ke1903-L0499 (Athenian)
Comparanda
sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 294, no. 4698, pl. 82 (B. Böttger; Athenian)
Comparanda
sim. Wohl1993, pp. 134, 135, fig. 8 (Athenian)=IsthmiaIX, pp. 104-105, no. 6, fig. 2.89 (late unglazed; from grave in Roman Bath, dated late 5th-early 6th centuries)=IsthmiaX, p. 134, no. 377, fig.3, pl. 50 (dated late 5th century[?]; B. L. Wohl)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical Late Roman Corinthian “red“ fabric, firing, and surface (but unusually smoothed).
Preservation description
Intact. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and pitting and rare cracking; small patches of encrustation on bottom.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 302 (H. Williams)
Discus length
0.035
Discus width
0.033
Handle total height
0.041
Height base to shoulder
0.035
Height shoulder to handle
0.006
Length
0.081
Base Length
0.043
Width
0.052
Base Width
0.024
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph