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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΧΙΟϹΗ|Ν
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 465
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, pp. 143-144, nos. 1433-1443, pl. 27 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 289, no. 4640, pl. 80 (B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (orangish red, slightly irregular to platy fracture; small, well sorted, white and black inclusions), firing (hard), and surface treatment (thin, even, matte wash, slightly more pale than fabric).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherds preserves ca. 65% of lamp but missing front of discus and nozzle and handle. Surface in good condition but large chips around edges.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 60, no. 287, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
- Discus length
- 0.039
- Discus width
- 0.043
- Base Length
- 0.051
- Preserved length
- 0.074
- Weight (kg)
- 0.055
- Width
- 0.075
- Base Width
- 0.038
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1763 (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/ke1763>
