- KE 1131 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Miniature Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 306
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- More likely a miniature version of Howland Type 25 than the Late Archaic to Classical Broneer Type IV=Howland Type 21.
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraIV, p. 69, no. 275, pls. 9.38 (similar design but different fabric, and glazed; R. Howland)
- Comparanda
- sim. IsthmiaIII, pp. 10, 11, no. 59, pls. 2, 15 (similar scale, design, fabric?; Type IVB; O. Broneer)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: buff; smooth to slightly granular break; very fine, rare, well sorted, small, subrounded, white (calcareous) and very rare, subangular, dark red inclusions; rare, small, rounded voids at surface. Consistently fired. Unslipped. Surface smoothed. Regional.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% of front to side left shoulder with contiguous wall and bottom, and entire nozzle. Extensive, moderate abrasion and rare scratching; worn breaks; scattered thin patches of faint encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 16 (“miniature ‘dedicatory‘ lamp“; H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.033
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.0365
- Preserved length
- 0.0378
- Preserved width
- 0.0332
- Weight (kg)
- 0.008
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1131 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Miniature Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1131>
