- KE 289 (Hellenistic Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- Lamp mislabelled as Ke 589 on object.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 155
- Typological identification
- Ephesian-type Hellenistic Lamp
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surfae treatment for ware: fine, slightly soft fabric; mostly smooth break; rare, subangular lime chunks and common, tiny silvery micaceous flakes; thin, even but flaking, gray slip everywhere on exterior, semimatte with faint metallic sheen.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds preserve complete lamp. Moderate, extensive abrasion and minor scratching and chipping around rim; no visible encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 9, no. 37, pl. 2 (H. Williams)
- Body diameter
- 0.0684
- Discus diameter
- 0.0441
- Handle total height
- 0.0496
- Length
- 0.1279
- Weight (kg)
- 0.07
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.0275
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-handle 0.0221
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 289 (Hellenistic 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/ke0289>
