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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 405
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
- Typological identification comment
- Worn copy Athenian late glazed/unglazed
- Comparanda
- Athenian lamp sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 261-262, no. 4094, pl. 70 (B. Böttger).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman “red“ lamp fabric (brownish red, heavy; irregular fracture; soapy texture?), firing, and surface. Thin but distinct joining ridge and webbing; clean alignment at back handle. Faint relief from very worn original (or mold).
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, extensive erosion and somewhat sparse abrasion, minor chipping around edges; cloud of black discoloration with distinct margin crossing top to bottom (secondary scorching?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 59, no. 278 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.035
- Handle total height
- 0.043
- Length
- 0.091
- Base Length
- 0.038
- Weight (kg)
- 0.065
- Width
- 0.061
- Base Width
- 0.034
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.033
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.010
- 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 1511 (Late 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/ke1511>
