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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 398
Typological identification
Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 86, no. 155, pl. 6 (nozzle fragment; J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (brownish pink; hackly break; faintly micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (thin white underlip; orangish red slip, mottled, thick and even, semilustrous; very flakey).
Preservation comment
One large sherds preserves small part of discus, ca. 15% of shoulder, and entire nozzle and adjacent wall. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and pitting; flaking slip; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 32, no. 144 (H. Williams)
Preserved height
0.032
Preserved length
0.05
Preserved width
0.06
Weight (kg)
0.012
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1401 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1401>