Typical fabric (whitish yellow, very fine), firing, and surface treatment (thick, chocolate slip applied over entire exterior and into interior.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 40% of middle to upper handle and adjacent wall. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive, pitting and abrasion; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation. Handle bent over to left in kiln?.
“KE 1718 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1718>