- Ke 2420 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ⲤⲰ
- Comment
- Inventory number created and object studied in June, 2022; subject number created by H. Williams in ca. 1972.
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 544
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Typological identification
- Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
- Description
- Solid(?) handle has two grooves below seem. Flat, almond-shaped(?) base with incuse signature surrounded by two grooves, with three small circles at back top: ⲤⲰ (small circle in between).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale red; very hard, cracking at surface), firing, and surface treatment (unslipped).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves back 40% of back base, lower handle, and adjacent wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; somewhat clean breaks; and large, thin patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 68, no. 370a (H. Williams)
- Preserved length
- 0.046
- Preserved width
- 0.054
- Weight (kg)
- 0.016
- Other Dimensions
- p.H. handle 0.032
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“Ke 2420 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2420>
