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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 466
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Aegean Lamp
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
- Comparanda
- cf. GerousiBendermacher2014, p. 160, no. 288 (identified as Aegean product; Perissa, Thera, dated 6th century).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pinkish buff, fired more pale at surface; fine, micaceous), firing (somewhat variable), and surface treatment (unslipped). Cf. Ke0988.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves small part of front discus, ca. 55% of left and right shoulders, entire nozzle, and ca. 20% of base and adjacent walls. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and uncommon scratching, gouging, and chipping; worn breaks; rare small patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 72, no. 378, pls. 17, 24 (identified as Asia Minor product; H. Williams)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.038
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.064
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.044
- Preserved height
- 0.0368
- Preserved length
- 0.0651
- Preserved width
- 0.0625
- Weight (kg)
- 0.051
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1764 (Late Roman Asia Minor or Aegean Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1764>
