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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 332
- 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)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraIV, p. 76, nos. 324, 325, pl. 38 (R. H. Howland)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pinkish buff; smooth break; fine texture with very rare, tiny to small, well sorted, white, black and red or brown particles. Consistently fired. Slip: very thin, even, pale to creamy wash on exterior; thin, semiglossy(?) brownish black slip in flakey patches on interior. Cf. Ke 1184-L 318, Ke 1216-L 329.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 20% from front to front left discus, shoulder, and adjacent wall and back top of nozzle. Slight, sparse abrasion; very worn breaks; faint white cloud on interior (calcareous?).
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.075
- Preserved height
- 0.0215
- Preserved length
- 0.0442
- Preserved width
- 0.049
- Weight (kg)
- 0.019
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1232 (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/ke1232>
