- KE 994 (Late Classical/Early Hellenistic Corinthian[?] Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 277
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Anomalous fabric and form
- Bibliography
- KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 19, pls. 1, 22 (H. Williams)
- Conservation
- 1960s: mended with shellac.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Cooking-ware fabric: brownish red, brick-like, slightly more brown at surface; medium coarse, hard, granular and laminar break; well sorted, common, small to medium sized, subrounded white calcareous chunks, subangular quartzitic chunks; uncommon to rare, small, angular, black and gray inclusions; rare, angular, opaque pink stone inclusions; uncommon, small voids. Surface: unslipped; rough texture.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds preserve ca. 30% from front of lamp, including small part of shoulder, wall, and base and entire nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and frequent pitting; worn breaks; thin, faint film of encrustation.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.035
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.085
- Height
- 0.0402
- Preserved length
- 0.0682
- Preserved width
- 0.0708
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.085
- Weight (kg)
- 0.08
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 994 (Late Classical/Early Hellenistic Corinthian[?] Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0994>
