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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 255
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 25B = Scheibler Typ RSL 4 (I. Scheibler dated 350-250); cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 496 (S. Rotroff suggested redating 25B: 340-ca. 275)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraIV, p. 73, no. 307, pls. 10, 38 (type dated second half of 4th-first quarter of 3rd c. BCE, but fine quality of materials and solid, pierced handle point to late 4th century BCE)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pale red with orange tinge; fine, slightly soft; slightly granular break; rare, well sorted, very small, subrounded, mixed white, black, brown-red inclusions); firing (consistent); and surface treatment (black slip inside and outside but base reserved; somewwhat thick, even but flakey, semimatte).
- Preservation comment
- Intact but missing nozzle. Extensive, moderate abrasion and slight scratching and gouging; mostly worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 10 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.035
- Body diameter
- 0.058
- Preserved length
- 0.0533
- Weight (kg)
- 0.11
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 972 (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/ke0972>
