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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 401
- Typological identification
- Late Roman/Early Byzantine Corinthian or Regional Lamp, imitation Syro-Cypriote
- Comparanda
- sim. IsthmiaIII, p. 82, no. 3177, pl. 37 (O. Broneer; from south side temenos)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric orangish red, somewhat fine but gritty, granular(?) fracture; well sorted tiny to small inclusions, mostly white but rare subangular gray, black, and red, faintly micacous. Consistently fired hard. Thin, even(?) wash slightly redder than fabric. Coarse variety of Southern Argolid fabric.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 10% of lateral shoulder with adjacent wall and ca. 40%; extensive, widespread erosion and slight abrasion; worn breaks. Weathering consistent with marine submersion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 86, no. 460, pl. 20 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.039
- Body diameter
- 0.093
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.073
- Height
- 0.03
- Preserved length
- 0.0693
- Preserved width
- 0.0467
- Weight (kg)
- 0.035
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- 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 1497 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Circular Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1497>
