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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 189
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
- Description
- Circular, concave discus with central filling hole. Inward sloping shoulder with grooves.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinish buff, somewhat soft), firing, and surface treatment (orangish brown slip; streaky; flakey).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves interior discus. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping; slip mostly eroded and flaked away; worn breaks. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
- Discus diameter
- 0.042
- Weight (kg)
- 0.004
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 697 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0697>
