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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 324
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 114, nos. 701, 702, pl. 16 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 250, no. 1134, pl. XV (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXVI, pp. 241-2, nos. 3676-3678, pl. 60 (B. Böttger)
- Description
- Eros with syrinx. Double grooves on base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red, gritty, uncommon, small, subangular white and black inclusions), firing, and surface treatment (orangish red, close to color of fabric; thin, even, matte).
- Preservation comment
- Four joining sherds preserve ca. 70% from upper part of lamp, including nearly all of discus, most of left shoulder, and roughly one-half of nozzle, and small part of front right base. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and chipping; worn breaks; sparse specks of encrustation. Burning around nozzle from use.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 57, no. 263, pl. 11 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.054
- Preserved length
- 0.078
- Preserved width
- 0.061
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.076
- Weight (kg)
- 0.039
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1211 (Middle/Late 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/ke1211>
