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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 522
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: Loeschcke Typus IV=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B Group ii (Tiberian-Early Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIa/IIIa (Tiberian; cf. BMLII, no. Q 855).
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Typical fabric (yellowish to buff), firing, and surface treatment (chocolate brown slip; uneven, semimatte; streaky and flakey).
Preservation comment
Intact but missing front nozzle. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and minor chipping; moderately well preserved slip; worn breaks; uncommon specks to small patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 18, no. 62, pl. 3 (H. Williams)
Base Diameter
0.0325
Body diameter
0.058
Height
0.027
Preserved length
0.0668
Weight (kg)
0.04
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 1975 (Early Roman Italian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1975>