Howland Type 25B (dated second half 4th-first quarter 3rd cs.)=Scheibler Typ RSL 4 (dated 350-250); cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 496 (S. Rotroff suggests redating 25B: 340-ca. 275 BCE)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraIV, p. 72-73, nos. 305, 310, pls. 10, 38 (R. H. Howland)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXI, pp. 27, 30, nos. 115, 116, pl. 23 (form broadly dated 330-250 BCE; I. Scheibler)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: pale red to slightly more yellow at surface; fine, somewhat soft; smooth to slightly granular break; well sorted, very rare, very small, subrounded, mixed white, black, brown-red inclusions; very rare voids); firing (consistent); and surface treatment (black slip inside and outside; somewhat thin, even but flakey, semilustrous).
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 25% from back left side of lamp, including shoulder and adjacent wall and part of lug. Moderate, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; faint specks of encrustation and faint, thin cloud of discoloration.
“KE 958 (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/ke0958>