Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
KE 970 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)
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Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
ⲤⲰ
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 253
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Typological identification
Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
Comparanda
sim.
KerameikosXVI
, pp. 288-289, nos. 4628-4635, pl. 80 (similar discus signed ΧΙΟ|ΝΗⲤ; B. Böttger)
Fabric, firing, surface
Late Roman Attic lamp fabric (pale red, somewhat fine), firing, and surface. Smoothed seam and good alignment at handle.
Preservation comment
Intact but hole in middle to right discus. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare chipping; mostly clean breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiV
, p. 60, no. 289, pl. 13 (H. Williams)
Discus diameter
0.042
Handle total height
0.045
Height base to shoulder
0.034
Height shoulder to handle
0.011
Length
0.093
Base Length
0.051
Weight (kg)
0.08
Width
0.063
Base Width
0.037
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Shell (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to
KE 969 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Athenian Lamp)