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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 159
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Typological identification comment
- Late (EByz?) copy of Late Roman Athenian imitation of African lamp.
- Comparanda
- Athenian product sim. AgoraVII, p. 180, no. 2482, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (Late Roman “brick red“), firing, and surface treatment. Aligned seam but slight lateral ridging and webbing. Cast from very worn mold.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Extensive, moderate to severe erosion, pitting, and flaking; large but sparse patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 87, no. 465, pl. 20 (misidentified in concordance; H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.027
- Discus width
- 0.025
- Length
- 0.091
- Base Length
- 0.046
- Weight (kg)
- 0.063
- Width
- 0.052
- Base Width
- 0.031
- 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 635 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0635>
