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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area B (northwest side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 1
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pinkish brown fabric, consistently fired; hard, fine, with smooth break; very rare, isolated, tiny lime specks and black bits; rare golden micaceous sparkles. Semilustrous slip, somewhat thick but thicker in grooves, fired orangish brown to reddish brown; only on exterior.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve ca. 33% of left lateral to back shoulder, small part of adjacent discus and wall, entire handle, and ca. 20% of base. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 25, no. 125, pl. 5 (H. Williams)
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.064
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.048
- Preserved length
- 0.057
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.026
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 4 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0004>
