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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 474
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 287, no. 2690 (J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 202, no. 140, pl. 45 (dated first half 6th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red with tinge of brown; medium fine; slightly rough texture), firing (hard to cracking surface), and surface treatment (very thin, faint wash slightly more orange than fabric). One large clay nodule in groove around base. Cleanly joined seam
- Preservation comment
- Intact lamp. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion; scattered thin patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 64, no. 327, pl. 14 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.038
- Discus diameter
- 0.039
- Handle total height
- 0.04
- Length
- 0.0897
- Weight (kg)
- 0.089
- Width
- 0.0582
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.0275
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.0125
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1773 (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/ke1773>
