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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 98
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- Bird in chalice motif: AgoraVII, pp. 174, 175, nos. 2394, 2404, pl. 28 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- Bird in chalice motif: Bassett1903, pl. XIV:4 (Vari, Attica)
- Comparanda
- Bird in chalice motif: GerousiBendermacher2013, p. 76, no. 74 (Perissa, Thera)
- Comparanda
- Bird in chalice motif: Karivieri1996, pp. 68, 173, 321, figs. 25, 26 (NAM 3237)
- Comparanda
- Chalice motif: KerameikosXVI, p. 248, nos. 3776-3778, pl. 62 (B. Böttger)
- Comparanda
- Format: AgoraVII, pp. 144, 174, 178, nos. 1445, 2389, 2454, pls. 27, 38, 39
- Comparanda
- cf. Zachariadou2001, p. 195, fig. 6 (Athens, Metro-Irodou Attikou Shaft)
- Comparanda
- sim. motif in early ARS lamps (Hayes Form I): e.g., VikicBelancic1971, p. 167, no. 286, pls. XVII:2, XXIV:7 (Zagreb Museum)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (orangish, hard, varied small inclusions), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (faint wash).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 25% from upper middle to back part of lamp, including large part of discus, small part of shoulder, and upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; sparse specks to patches of encrustation in relief.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 261, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.0272
- Preserved length
- 0.052
- Preserved length
- 0.058
- Weight (kg)
- 0.019
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 410 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0410>
