- KE 1516 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 410
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 191, no. 2777, pl. 43 (Athenian product; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 292, 4679, pl. 81 (Athenian product; B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Corinthian lamp fabric (brownish red but surface 2 mm fired light brown; heavy and somewhat gritty, with rare subrounded chunks of calcitic matter), firing, and surface (slight lateral smoothing). Slight webbing and joining ridge, with slight mislaignment of seam at handle.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Moderate to severe, extensive abrasion and large chip from handle; all edges worn; scattered, small patches of encrustation; cloud of dark gray discoloration over top (secondary scorching).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 60, no. 285, pl. 12 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.039
- Handle total height
- 0.038
- Length
- 0.085
- Base Length
- 0.046
- Weight (kg)
- 0.071
- Width
- 0.059
- Base Width
- 0.028
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.029
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1516 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1516>
