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Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects

Subject number

L 172

Typological identification

Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)

Comparanda

sim. AgoraVII, p. 180, no. 2482, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Late Roman Attic lamp fabric, firing, and surface but slightly pale; smoothed surface in places.

Preservation comment

One sherd preserves ca. 40% from top middle to left back part of lamp, including roughly one-third of discus and shoulder and upper handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; thin but extensive film of encrustation.

Published as

KenchreaiV, p. 63, no. 317 (H. Williams)

Handle total height preserved

0.029

Preserved length

0.055

Preserved width

0.045

Weight (kg)

0.035

Other Dimensions

H. shoulder-top handle 0.016

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)

Drawing

Drawing

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Photograph