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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 452
- Typological identification
- Middle/Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 146, no. 1562, pl. 28 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 195-6, no. 2452, pl. 43 (B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Middle-Late Roman Athenian fabric (orangish red; slightly gritty; uncommon to common, tiny to small, well sorted, mixed white, black, and gray-red-brown particles), firing, and surface treatment (brownish red, darker than fabric; some thick, variable distribution, semimatte).
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 35% from upper middle to front part of lamp, including under one-half of discus, small part of front shoulder, and most of back nozzle. Slight, extensive abrasion and sparse chipping and scratching; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 59, no. 271 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.053
- Preserved length
- 0.067
- Preserved width
- 0.062
- Weight (kg)
- 0.025
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1722 (Middle/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/ke1722>
