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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 403
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Asia Minor
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Typological identification comment
- Late Roman Argolid copy of Athenian lamp imitating Asia Minor lamp.
- Comparanda
- Asia Minor model: EphesosIV.2, p. 158, no. 1413, pl. VIII (Typus X form 2)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 192, no. 2805, pl. 44 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 241, no. 1059, pl. XIV (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- sim. Katsioti2017, p. 289, no. AM 177 (similar style and format; Rhodes, dated ca. A.D. 500-600)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: dark buff surface but core more pale pink; moderately micaceous; rare varied small bits; dense. Hard fired. Surface slightly rough. Rare clay nodules in grooves. Slight ridging and webbing at seam. Late Antique Southern Argolid fabric.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. A few large chips from top and bottom, and sparse, slight abrasion; thin, extensive film of encrustation; patch of black discoloration on one side, apparently secondary scorching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 74, no. 402, pls. 18, 24 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.03
- Discus diameter
- 0.038
- Handle total height
- 0.039
- Length
- 0.086
- Weight (kg)
- 0.062
- Width
- 0.059
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.029
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.010
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1509 (Late Roman Regional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1509>
