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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 242
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 128, no. 924, pl. 20 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bovon1966, p. 73, no. 504, pl. 13 (Argos)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 74, no. 2969, pl. 33 (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaX, pp. 110-111, no. 238, pl. 28 (B. L. Wohl)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXVI, pp. 172-4, nos. 1794-1851, pl. 36 (B. Böttger)
- Comparanda
- cf. LABNII, p. 86, no. 331, pls. XLIV, XLV (M.-C. Hellmann)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish yellow), firing, and surface treatment (thin wash more pale than fabric).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 60% from top middle to front of lamp, including three-quarters of discus and roughly two-thirds of shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight chipping around edges; worn breaks; extensive, thin film of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 258, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.04
- Preserved length
- 0.038
- Preserved width
- 0.057
- Weight (kg)
- 0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dog or Wolf (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 959 (Middle 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/ke0959>
