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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area E (north side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 207
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, p. 386, no. Q 3146, pl. 108 (from Kalymnos, dated ca. AD 500-600; D. M. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- cf. Michelucci1999, pp. 379-386, fig. 7 (Iasos)
- Comparanda
- cf. SamosXIV, fig. 292:b (Kastro Tigani, Samos; R. Tölle-Kastenbein)
- Comparanda
- sim. Kasser1984, p. 56, no. 38 (Kellia)
- Comparanda
- sim. Menzel1969, pp. 98, 99, no. 635, fig. 81:6 (RGZM; from Miletus)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine, pinkish, micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (thin, even, semiglossy slip, purple); cf. Ke0739 and Ke0743. Aligned and smooth seam.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 75% of discus with part of rim and small part of right shoulder. Sparse, slight abrasion and scratching around discus rim; somewhat worn breaks; numerous specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 73, no. 391, pl. 17 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.045
- Preserved length
- 0.042
- Preserved width
- 0.039
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 738 (Late Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0738>
