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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 413
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 184, nos. 2605, 2624, pl. 41 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. Butcher1982, p. 147, no. TC.3M 521, pl. 6:2 (Thorikos)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment (surface fired slightly darker and more brown than fabric). Aligned and smoothed seam.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining sherds preserve most of lamp but missing front right discus and shoulder, small part of nozzle, upper handle, and back left wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; small patches of encrustation on bottom. Large patch of secondary scorching on top and bottom.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 66, no. 346, pl. 16 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.031
- Handle total height preserved
- 0.0322
- Base Length
- 0.0476
- Preserved length
- 0.0826
- Preserved width
- 0.0533
- Weight (kg)
- 0.053
- Base Width
- 0.0311
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.028
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1519 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1519>
