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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 91
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 195, no. 2858, pl. 45 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 243, no. 269, pl. 46 (dated 6th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. DemetriasIV, p. 114, nos. II.615-II.617, II.620-II.622, pls. 83, 84 (J. Eiwanger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (slightly coarse, small uncommon subangular unsorted white [calcitic] inclusions and rare, medium, angular dark gray-black inclusions), firing (hard, even), and surface treatment (thin, uneven, matte slip, slightly reddish orange).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 25% from upper back part of lamp, including less than one-quarter of left discus, small part of shoulder, and upper handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight, rare gouging; worn edges; few thin patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 84, no. 445 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.066
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.037
- Preserved length
- 0.063
- Preserved width
- 0.053
- Weight (kg)
- 0.03
- Other Dimensions
- 0.026
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 425 (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/ke0425>
