KE 1513 (Middle/Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
ΡΟΥ
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 407
Typological identification
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Typological identification
Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 141, nos. 1374-1383, pl. 26 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 235, no. 3595, pl. 57 (B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric: Dark orangish red; hard, mostly smooth; uncommon, small, mostly subrounded, poorly sorted, light (calcareous), yellow and red, dark gray and brown bits; rare lime chunks and one bluish gray, angular, rock spalling. Thin, even semimatte slip, mottled across bottom, brownish red with a tinge of purple.
Preservation description
Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare scoring and gouging; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, pp. 63-64, no. 323, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.0451
Length
0.0951
Base Length
0.0358
Width
0.0703
Base Width
0.0389
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph