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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 376
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- sim. IsthmiaIII, p. 54, no. 2340, pl. 27 (Type XXIA; from Northeast Cave; O. Broneer)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Dense, fine fabric, faintly sparkling (micaceous?), with uncommon to rare, small, moderately sorted, subangular white and subrounded black inclusions; hard fired to ashy gray color. Somewhat thick, even, matte slip preserved in grooves; dark gray to black where thickest. This fabric and slip are widely recognized in Late Hellenistic-Early Roman lamps with foliate handle shields (ca. 125/75 BCE-50 CE) in the Greek world and traditionally identified as “eastern Aegean“ or “pergaménienne“ (DélosXXVI, pp. 89-91; AgoraVII, p. 73).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire handle ornament and small part of upper handle and attachment to shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; fine but frequent specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 20, no. 85, pl. 4 (“eastern Aegean“; H. Williams)
- Preserved height
- 0.0575
- Weight (kg)
- 0.014
- Width
- 0.0346
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1369 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp with Foliate Handle Ornament).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1369>
