- KE 1823 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 466
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, p. 385, no. Q 3139, pl. 107 (from Ephesus, dated 6th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. format Ke1902-L0498 (but plain discus)
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale red with tinge of yellow and pink. Fine, soft; smooth break. Uncommon, tiny light (lime), dark gray, and rarely red bits; common flakes of silver mica. Thin, even, matte slip, darker orange, preserved only in patches. Maeander/Cayster Valley.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves <20% of shoulder and small part of discus. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; thin, extensive encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.023
- Preserved width
- 0.022
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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