- KTH2624 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Imported Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 32, bag 2
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Howland Type 23 Lamp
- Typological identification comment
- Howland Type 23D=Broneer Type VI=Scheibler Typ DSL 3
- Typological identification comment
- Import: northern Greek?
- Comparanda
- cf. e.g. OlynthusXIV, pp. 385-387, 388, 389 e.g. nos. 143, 147, pl. 163 (Group VIII; D. M. Robinson)
- Description
- Thick, solid base consisting of raised, slightly concave disc (H. 0.006 m) and tall conical interior. Wheelmade: turning marks on interior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 7.5R 6/1, reddish gray (and somewhat lighter). Slip: near 10YR 3/1, very dark gray. Fine, dense, very hard fabric, consistently fired, with rare flecks of silvery mica. Thin, semiglossy glaze, slightly flakey, covers whole interior and extends down base just onto resting surface.
- Preservation comment
- One fragment preserves roughly one third of base broken along walls. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion.
- Base Diameter
- 0.042
- Preserved height
- 0.021
- Weight (kg)
- 0.02
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2624 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Imported Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2624>
