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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 431
- Typological identification
- Early/Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
- Comparanda
- cf. Ladstatter2005, pp. 239, 307, no. K 414, pls. 174, 216 (ROW: Hanghaus 2.4, Ephesos, dated middle 1st c.)
- Comparanda
- same format cf. PergForsch13 p. 100, no. 35, pl. 1 (“pergamenisch“; dated Augustan)
- Comparanda
- same format: cf. Ke2034bis-L0535
- Description
- Circular format. Channel to elongated nozzle, flanked by two tightly rolled volutes. The shape and dimensions of this fragment point to a lamp with one rather than two nozzles; this format typically has a handle ornament.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale pink; somewhat soft, slightly gritty; very fine, few visible inclusions; micaceous), firing, and surface treatment (orangish red slip; variable thickness, semilustrous).
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves small part of front left shoulder and one volute. Slight, sparse abrasion and scratching; slightly worn breaks; specks of encrustation in grooves.
- Preserved length
- 0.041
- Preserved width
- 0.011
- Weight (kg)
- 0.001
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1620 (Early Roman Asia Minor lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1620>
