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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 216
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 25A′ (dated late second quarter 4th-second quarter 3rd cs.)=Scheibler Typ RSL 4 (dated 370-250); cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 495 (S. Rotroff suggests redating 25A′: “to ca. 260“)
- Bibliography
- KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 14 (H. Williams)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware: somewhat soft, fine, pale red fabric, consistently fired; thin, even but flaking, semimatte(?), dark reddish brown slip on interior only. Smoothed outside surface. Wheelmade. Cf. Ke 969-L 252.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves antire base and over half of wall with back base of nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and rare pitting; worn breaks; thin film of encrustation on interior and scattered specks on exterior.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0302
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.055
- Preserved height
- 0.0311
- Preserved length
- 0.0597
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 929 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic 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/ke0929>
