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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 196
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Comparanda
- cf. Corinth L-69-309 (unpublished; moldmate?)
- Comparanda
- cf. KL303 (South Cemetery)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bovon1966, p. 67, no. 441, pl. 12 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Forsell1996, pp. 290, 291, 332, no. 11, figs. 4, 50 (northwest Betbati-Limnes Valley)
- Comparanda
- cf. Garnett1975, p. 206, no. 46, pl. 44 (model?; Fountain of the Lamps, northwest of Corinth, dated early 6th century)
- Comparanda
- cf. Koutoussaki2008, pp. 221-222, no. 285, pl. XXXII, figs. 252-254 (Agora and Thermes, Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. Oikonomou1988, p. 459, no. 92, fig. 8 (Argos)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Corinthian “red“ lamp fabric (brick red at core, somwhat gritty), firing (hard), and surface (slightly smoothed). Distinct, sharp, narrow webbing and joining ridge; right mislaignment of handle at seam.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 40% of upper back part of lamp above seam, including roughly one-half of discus and shoulder and upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and slight to moderate pitting and chipping near back; worn breaks; extensive, very thin film of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 47, no. 222 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.036
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.042
- Preserved length
- 0.048
- Preserved width
- 0.063
- Weight (kg)
- 0.029
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.0145
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 707 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0707>
