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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 361
- Typological identification
- Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Proportions, doubled discus rim and plain shoulder, thin wall, and slip all point to latest Broneer Type XXVIIC in first quarter of 4th c. CE; only known parallel signed by late Corinthian lampmaker, Valerios.
- Comparanda
- cf. LABNI, pp. 29, 30, no. 26 (signed ΒΑΛⲈΡΙΥΟ; “Le motif représenté, sans parallèle connu, ne manque pas d‘intérêt: il doit s‘agir de la génisse Io, qui, d‘après certaines traditions, appartenait à la famille royale corinthienne“; Collection Froehner; M.-C. Hellmann)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (very fine, whitish buff), firing, and surface treatment (matte, thin, uneven, very pale brown slip). Very thin walled. Rare medium clay nodules in grooves.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve ca. 15% of back right discus with adjacent shoulder and base of upper handle attachment. Slight, extensive abrasion and faint pitting; worn breaks.
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.063
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.01
- Preserved length
- 0.0451
- Preserved width
- 0.0358
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bull or Cow (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1316 (Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1316>
