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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- Mi 292
- Typological identification
- Altar
- Typological identification
- Thymiaterion
- Description
- Fragments of a thymaterion in the form of an altar or bomiskos. Tall floral acroterion at top corner; attaching panel has bead and reel molding above alternating rosettes and palmettes with S-shaped scrolls below. Beneath is a dentillated cornice and a cyma recta. The base molding has egg and dart.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fine, somewhat soft, orange buff clay; traces of white paint.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining fragments (Ke1139a+b+c) preserve roughly one third of upper surface; two nonjoining fragments (Ke1139a/b) preserve roughly one third of base. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation in grooves.
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.042
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KE 1139 (Thymiaterion in form of Altar).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1139>
