- KE 1723 (Middle Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 453
- Typological identification
- Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Typological identification comment
- Start of glazing
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 146, nos. 1544, 1552, pl. 28 (same format but lightly earlier unglazed forms; J. Perlzweig)
- Description
- Rounded outline. Concave discus has rays, surrounded by raised rim. Flat, outward sloping shoulder has vine and grape cluster. Large, heavy loop handle has three grooves above seam.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical fabric (mostly fine, pale red with slightly more reddish core), firing, and surface treatment (thick, even, semimatte, deep reddish slip). Cleanly smoothed seam. Small plug of clay in handle hole left before firing.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves small part of discus, small part of back of shoulder, and entire handle above seem. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and wear minor chipping around edges; mostly clean breaks; small, scattered specks of encrustation.
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.028
- Height shoulder-handle
- 0.017
- Preserved length
- 0.039
- Preserved width
- 0.038
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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