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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 433
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Description
- Rounded(?) discus with raised rim shows rosette. Slightly rounded shoulder with uncertain motif (herringbone?).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red; hard, somewhat gritty), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped; faint smoothing). Unfinished piercing through handle.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves small part of back discus, adjacent shoulder, and attachment of upper handle. Slight, extensive abrasion and sparse pitting and flaking; worn breaks.
- Preserved length
- 0.029
- Preserved width
- 0.027
- Weight (kg)
- 0.003
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KE 1622 (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/ke1622>
