KE 958 (Early Hellenistic Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 241
Typological identification
Howland Type 25 Lamp
Typological identification comment
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.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 4, no. 8 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.057
Preserved height
0.0276
Preserved length
0.0456
Preserved width
0.0459
Weight (kg)
0.021
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“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>