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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 158
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Asia Minor
- Typological identification comment
- Upper half imitation rather than copy, but base apparently copied.
- Comparanda
- cf. CL 2994, 2997, 2998, 3291, 4640, 4738 (unpublished; see IsthmiaIII, pl. 40:n)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 102, nos. 362, 364, pls. 11, 49, 52 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bovon1966, p. 86, nos. 603-606, pls. 16, F (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 280, nos. 1413-1417, pl. XX (Type XXIX Group 1; O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Garnett1975, pp. 200-1, nos. 33, 34, fig. 1:24, pl. 44 (Fountain of the Lamps, Corinth)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 80, nos. 3142, 3143, pls. 13, 35 (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Miller1988, p. 5, no. L 217, pl. 8:c (south of basilica, Nemea)
- Comparanda
- cf. Oikonomou1988, p. 494, no. 89, fig. 6 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0945-L0232 (earlier import?)
- Comparanda
- sim. EphesosIV.2, pp. 131-132, pl. IV (Asia Minor predecessor? Typus IV, Form 4; F. Miltner)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pale yellow; fine, soapy texture; rare, subangular, small white chunks (lime?). Hard firing. Surface smoothed in places. Mostly clean seam but upper and lower halves slightly offset.
- Preservation comment
- Intact but missing upper nozzle. Slight, sparse abrasion and small chips around edges; worn breaks; heavy patch of coarse encrustation on bottom. Burning around nozzle from use.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 75, no. 404, pls. 18, 24 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.036
- Discus diameter
- 0.024
- Preserved length
- 0.095
- Weight (kg)
- 0.078
- Width
- 0.059
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 634 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0634>
