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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 468
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Comparanda
Cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 279, no. 4506, pl. 76 (B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical Late Roman Attic fabric (red, somewhat gritty), firing (hard), and surface (smoothed). Smoothed seam and clean alignment at handle.
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping; faint clouds of gray and white discoloration (secondary? calcareous?)
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 59, no. 276, pl. 12 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.046
Handle total height
0.0445
Length
0.093
Base Length
0.111
Weight (kg)
0.073
Width
0.066
Base Width
0.079
Other Dimensions
H. base-shoulder 0.033
Other Dimensions
H. shoulder-top handle 0.0115
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1767 (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/ke1767>