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- KE 289 (Hellenistic Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
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Lamp mislabelled as Ke 589 on object.
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
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L 155
- Typological identification
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Ephesian-type Hellenistic Lamp
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
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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
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Three joining sherds preserve complete lamp. Moderate, extensive abrasion and minor scratching and chipping around rim; no visible encrustation.
- Published as
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KenchreaiV, p. 9, no. 37, pl. 2 (H. Williams)
- Body diameter
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0.0684
- Discus diameter
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0.0441
- Handle total height
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0.0496
- Length
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0.1279
- Weight (kg)
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0.07
- Other Dimensions
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H. base-shoulder 0.0275
- Other Dimensions
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H. shoulder-handle 0.0221
- Material
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Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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