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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 208
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. ArchDelt 13 (1930/1931), p. 30, fig. 20 (Mytilene)
- Comparanda
- cf. BMLIII, p. 387, no. Q 3154, pl. 109 (moldmate?; from Kalymnos, dated ca. A.D. 500-600; D. R. Bailey)
- Comparanda
- sim. Brants1913, p. 66, no. 1168, pl. VIII (from Greece; Rijksmuseum, Leiden)
- Comparanda
- sim. EphesosIV.2, p. 189, no. 179, pl. XIII (Seven Sleepers; F. Miltner)
- Comparanda
- sim. Katsioti2017, pp. 316, 318, 320, nos. AM 253, AM 258, AM 262 (different wreaths; Rhodes, dated ca. A.D. 500-600)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (fine, pinkish, micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (thin, even, semiglossy slip, purple); cf. Ke0738 and Ke0743. Aligned and smooth seam.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve 65% or discus, 30% of back shoulder, entire handle, and ca. 30% of base and back lower wall. Frequent, slight abrasion and minor scratching on raised surfaces; somewhat worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 73, no. 393, pl. 17 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.035
- Discus diameter
- 0.038
- Handle total height
- 0.041
- Preserved length
- 0.052
- Preserved width
- 0.053
- Weight (kg)
- 0.021
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.028
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.013
- 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 739 (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/ke0739>
