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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΧΙ̣Ο|ΝΗ|Ϲ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 471
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 179, no. 2461, pl. 39 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, pp. 268-269, no. 4257, pl. 73 (B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Late Roman Athenian lamp fabric (pale red; moderately fine), firing (consistent, hard), and surface (smooth). Clean seam and alignment.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion; small, thin patch of encrustation on base.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 62, no. 312, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.039
- Handle total height
- 0.052
- Length
- 0.093
- Base Length
- 0.059
- Weight (kg)
- 0.081
- Width
- 0.067
- Base Width
- 0.039
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.038
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.014
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1770 (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/ke1770>
