- KE 1385 (Early Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 392
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 54 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 54 variant=Scheibler Typ SML/IV-VI (late 1st c. BCE-beginning 1st c. CE?)
- Description
- No relief on shoulder; uneven groove on neck; almond base raised-slightly concave; no handle.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical Early Roman Attic clay: fine but gritty texture; pale orange with tinge of pink; well sorted, tiny to small, subrounded and subangular, uncommon black and rare white (calcareous) and gray and red bits. Firing consistent; brittle to flakey clay. Thin, even(?), matte slip, fired reddish brown on exterior (and interior?). Typical very early Roman Athenian.
- Preservation comment
- Intact lamp. Moderate, extensive erosion and erosion with massive flaking on underside; faint patches of slip; thin film of discoloration (encrustation?) Marine submersion?
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, pp. 9-10, no. 41, pl. 2 (H. Williams)
- Height
- 0.035
- Length
- 0.1046
- Weight (kg)
- 0.056
- Width
- 0.0611
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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