KE 990 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 273
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 184, no. 2597, pl. 41 (J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment (slight wash). Slight misaligned but smoothed.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves roughly one half of top and one third of bottom of lamp. Surface is well preserved with very slight pitting; mostly clean breaks; very rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 65, no. 344, pl. 15 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.028
Handle total height
0.044
Height base to shoulder
0.03
Height shoulder to handle
0.014
Preserved length
0.074
Preserved width
0.042
Weight (kg)
0.047
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
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KE 989 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp)