KE 1133 (Early Hellenistic Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 308
Typological identification comment
Howland Type 27A (late third quarter 4th-second quarter 3rd cs. BCE)=Scheibler Typ STL 3 (dated 340-240 BCE); cf. AgoraXXIX, p. 498 (S. Rotroff proposes redating: 340-250 BCE)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraIV, p. 86, no. 378, pls. 13, 40 (R. Howland)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXI, pp. 48-49, no. 266, pls. 2, 46, 47 (I. Scheibler; date first half 3rd c.)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric; pale red; somewhat gritty texture, slightly granular break, slightly soft; fine, with rare, well sorted, small, subangular, white (calcareous) and rare to very rare, small, black and red inclusions. Consistently fired? Slip inside and outside lamp, including groove: brownish black; even, thin, semimatter; flakey.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 30% of lamp, including roughly one-third of upper front shoulder and entire nozzle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight chipping; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation and thicker pockets in groove.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 18, pl. 1 (H. Williams)
Estimated body diameter
0.0475
Preserved height
0.0261
Preserved length
0.039
Preserved width
0.041
Estimated rim diameter
0.046
Weight (kg)
0.01
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1133 (Early Hellenistic 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/ke1133>