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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- Ⲥ-branch-Ⲱ
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 209
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- sim. IsthmiaX, p. 135, no. 385, pl. 52, fig. 3 (signed ⲤⲰ; B. L. Wohl; from Roman Bath)
- Comparanda
- sim. Karivieri1996, p. 202, no. 139, pl. 12 (dated late 5th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 284, no. 4568, pl. 78 (B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red), firing, and surface treatment (smoothed). Aligned and smoothed seam.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Frequent, slight abrasion, pitting, and scratching; extensive, very thin film of encrustation and rare specks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 65, no. 340, pls. 15, 24 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.046
- Handle total height
- 0.043
- Length
- 0.098
- Base Length
- 0.071
- Weight (kg)
- 0.087
- Width
- 0.069
- Base Width
- 0.042
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.031
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.012
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 755 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0755>
