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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΕΥΤ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 418
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Athenian Lamp, unglazed
- Bibliography
- On this major Middle Roman workshop at Athens, see Karivieri1996, pp. 95-102 (Signature 8).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pinkish yellow; gritty texture and granular break; slightly coarse with uncommon, small, angular to subangular black inclusions and varied other small bits (red, gray, white). Thin, even wash more pale than fabric; flakey.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves roughly 50% from back of base including lower handle. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion with slight flaking and gouging; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 67, no. 366 (H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.045
- Preserved length
- 0.053
- Preserved width
- 0.052
- Weight (kg)
- 0.028
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1586 (Middle 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/ke1586>
