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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ⲤΤΡ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 272
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Type Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (pale red; slightly gritty), firing (consistent), and surface treatment (orangish red slip; somewhat thick, even, semilustrous).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% of lower middle to left part of lamp, including roughly one-third of base and part of wall. Slight, sparse abrasion and slight, somewhat extensive flaking; worn breaks; few specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 68, no. 369 (H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.038
- Preserved length
- 0.033
- Preserved width
- 0.043
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 989 (Middle/Late 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/ke0989>
