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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 470
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, p. 188, no. 2722, pl. 43 (J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. CorinthIV.2, p. 220, no. 862, pl. XIII (O. Broneer)
- Comparanda
- sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 264, no. 4127, pl. 41 (B. Böttger)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (pale brownish red; medium fine), firing (hard and cracking at surface), and surface treatment (rough; cleanly joined seam but top and bottom offset).
- Preservation comment
- Intact but large chips missing from discus rim and lower wall. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; thin, faint patches of white discoloration (calcareous?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 65, no. 334 (H. Williams)
- Base Diameter
- 0.039
- Discus length
- 0.043
- Discus width
- 0.038
- Handle total height
- 0.044
- Length
- 0.093
- Weight (kg)
- 0.069
- Width
- 0.061
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.033
- Other Dimensions
- H. shoulder-top handle 0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1769 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <https://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1769>
