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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 94
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, Knidian
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 84, no. 130, pl. 5 (imitation signature; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, p. 346, no. Q 2781, pl. 86, fig. 148 (imitation signature; from Knidos; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. BenghaziIII.2, p. 96, no. 666, pl. XIX (D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. DelosXXVI, p. 130, nos. 4624, 4627, pl. 30 (former signed RΩMANΗS|IS|○; P. Bruneau)
- Comparanda
- cf. Heres1972, p. 76, no. 473, pl. 50 (signed RΩMANE|ƧIƧ; Berlin)
- Comparanda
- cf. PlesnicarGec1972, pp. 179-80, grave 168 no. 1, pl. XLVII:1 (slightly different nozzle; Emona)
- Description
- Circular format. Slightly concave discus with rounded framing band has central filling hole and low relief of rosette with 10 point petals. Narrow, sloping, plain shoulder. U-shaped nozzle. Flat base has single circular groove around planta pedis.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: Pinkish with a tinge of orange. Fine, somewhat soft, micaceous. Slip: Dark red with bronwish tinge. Thin, uneven, semilustrous slip; streaky.
- Preservation comment
- Intact but missing nozzle. Slight to moderate, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; infrequent specks to somewhat thick patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 26, no. 132, pl. 6 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.041
- Body diameter
- 0.0771
- Discus diameter
- 0.065
- Height
- 0.0292
- Preserved length
- 0.0823
- Weight (kg)
- 0.076
- Width
- 0.075
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.027
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 406 (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/ke0406>
