KE 1363 (Late Roman North African Lamp) [permalink] [next]

Type

Inventoried Object

Technique

Shoulder motif is sharply stamped in relatively high relief.

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects

Subject number

L 371

Typological identification

African Red-Slip Lamp Hayes Type II

Fabric, firing, surface

Orangish pink, consistently fired fabric; hard, fine, smooth break; reddish orange slip, thin but even, semimatte, smooth but worn. Central Tunisian cf. ARS C ware.

Preservation description

One sherd preserves ca. 15% from upper back part of lamp, including small part of back left shoulder and upper handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and chipping; worn breaks.

Published as

KenchreaiV, p. 81, no. 421 (H. Williams)

Estimated discus diameter

0.045

Handle total height preserved

0.026

Preserved length

0.049

Preserved width

0.051

Weight (kg)

0.013

Chronology comment

Type and profile: mid-late 5th century (Bonifay2004, pp. 373, 382)

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph