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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 296
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 123, no. 834, pl. 19 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bruneau1971, p. 469, no. 27, fig. 28 (Musée de Delphes)
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 69, no. 2831, pl. 31 (Northeast Reservoir; O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. Siebert1966, pp. 508, 509, no. 19, fig. 26 (NAM 3200; signed ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 146, nos. 1236, 1240, pl. 27 (B. Böttger)
- Description
- Mostly flat shoulder has small ovules. Concave discus with flat framing ring has relief of youthful man standing to right and head bent down. Type of erotic symplegma.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish; fine, but uncommon small, angular to subangular, black inclusions), firing, and surface treatment.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves back left part of discus. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare minor gouging; worn breaks; faint grayish cloud (calcareous?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 55, no. 238, pl. 10 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.065
- Length
- 0.112
- Weight (kg)
- 0.002
- Width
- 0.084
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Sexual Activity (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1120 (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/ke1120>
