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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 475
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Corinthian Lamp
- Comparanda
- CL-4170 (unpublished)
- Comparanda
- CL-4816 (unpublished)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 291, no. 1512, pl. XXIII (O. Broneer; from Theater Area)
- Comparanda
- cf. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 268, 269, no. 3-7, fig. 10 (Baths of Aphrodite, Corinth, assemblage 3 dated end 6th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical Late Roman Corinthian or regional lamp fabric (brick-like, heavy), firing (hard), and surface (smoothed). Distinct, thin joining ridge and webbing; crossed-shaped handle luted to shoulder.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 15% from back left part of lamp, including small part of discus and shoulder and over two-thirds of cruciform handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and large chips from edges; worn edges; extensive, thin film of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 84, no. 454 (H. Williams)
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.047
- Preserved length
- 0.032
- Preserved width
- 0.041
- Weight (kg)
- 0.026
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1775 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1775>
