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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 274
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. Roumeliotis2001, pp. 258-9, 272, no. 9, pl. 3 (tree or bush[?] on discus; Kardamaina, Kos)
- Comparanda
- sim. Deonna1908, p. 176, fig. 47=DelosXXVI, p. 143, no. 4729, pl. 34 (Christian invocation on discus; P. Bruneau)
- Comparanda
- sim. GerousiBendermacher2014, p. 163, no. 231 (lines and dots on discus; Perissa, Thera, 7th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. Katsioti2017, p. 478, no. Ae 9 (lines and dots on discus; Evraiki, Rhodes, dated 6th century)
- Description
- Steeply sloping shoulder into biconical profile.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pinkish buff; fine but slightly gritty, slightly hackly break; small, well sorted, angular black inclusions (volcanic?), rare white bits, highly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (lighter-more yellow than interior). Aegean.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of front right discus and shoulder. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor pitting; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 73, no. 388, pl. 17 (identified as Asia Minor product; H. Williams)
- Preserved height
- 0.014
- Preserved length
- 0.042
- Preserved width
- 0.031
- Weight (kg)
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 991 (Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0991>
