- KE 1216 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 329
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 25 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 25B‘ (dated third quarter 4th-second quarter 3rd cs. BCE)=Scheibler Typ RSL 5-6 (dated 350-250 BCE); cf. AgoraXXIX, pp. 496-497 (S. Rotroff suggested redating 25B‘: 340-ca. 250 BCE)
- Bibliography
- KenchreaiV, p. 5, no. 15 (H. Williams)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraIV, pp. 74-75, 76, no. 321, pls. 11, 39 (R. H. Howland)
- Comparanda
- cf. KerameikosXI, p. 33, nos. 146-150, pl. 27 (I. Scheibler)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale red fabric with a tinge of yellow, consistently fired; somewhat hard, fine, mostly smooth breaking; rare, isolated, irregular black bits. Fine, even wash on exterior, slightly more pale than fabric; thin, semimatte black slip on interior but uneven and absent in places and flaking. Wheelmade. Exterior smoothed.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve ca. 25% of front of lamp, including small part of discuss, base of nozzle, and most of profile of wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thin spots to faint white film: incipient encrustation?
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.085
- Preserved height
- 0.0443
- Preserved length
- 0.0745
- Preserved width
- 0.0657
- Weight (kg)
- 0.065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1216 (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/ke1216>
