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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 318
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 25C‘ (dated third quarter 4th into first quarter 3rd cs. BCE)=Scheibler Typ ZTL (350-250 BCE); cf. AgoraXIX, p. 497 (S. Rotroff proposed redating to 325-260 BCE)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraIV, pp. 77-78, no. 344, pls. 12, 39 (R. Howland; dated third quarter 4th c. BCE)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXI, p. 42, no. 219, pls. 38, 39 (I. Scheibler)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pinkish buff; mostly smooth break; fine to very fine texture with very rare, small, well sorted, white, black and red or brown particles. Consistently fired. Slip: very thin, even, pale to creamy wash on exterior; thick, even, glossy black slip on interior.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 20% of back to side left shoulder and adjacent wall, with back of lug. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare pitting; worn breaks; sparse, thin, patchy cloud of white discoloration (calcareous?).
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.0815
- Preserved length
- 0.0305
- Preserved width
- 0.0203
- Weight (kg)
- 0.084
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1184 (Late Classical-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/ke1184>
