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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 263
Typological identification
Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Middle Roman Athenian lamp fabric (pale orange; gritty), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped). Surface smoothed.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 35% of lower right to front part of lamp, including roughly two-thirds of base and large part of wall. Moderate, extensive erosion, slight abrasion, and a few large chips; worn breaks; few specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 67, no. 362, pl. 16 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.035
Preserved length
0.066
Preserved width
0.045
Weight (kg)
0.018
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 980 (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/ke0980>