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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 63
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- Sim. Agora VII, p. 187, no. 2699, pl. 42 (plain+herringbone; J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri 1996, p. 195, no. 113, pl. 46 (dated second half of 5th century); Ivantchik 2002, pp. 359, 368, no. 50, fig. 4 (Argos); Garnett 1975, pp. 181-2, 204-5, no. 39, fig. 1:40 (cross+wavy lines; Fountain of the Lamps, Corinth, dated early 6th century).
- Description
- Flat base. Manufacturing stamp in central: two circular grooves around two palm branches in Greek cross with one small double concentric circle in each quadrant and small Κ|Υ (serifs) diagonal in two upper quadrants. Mostly crisp lines.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves central design on base and small parts of wall. Very slight, sparse abrasion and small chips; clean breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.058
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.068
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 304 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2020. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0304>
