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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- L 477
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraVII, p. 187, no. 2691, pl. 42 (nozzle differs; J. Perlzweig)
- Comparanda
- sim. Karivieri1996, pp. 201-202, nos. 137, 138, pl. 12 (Kerameikos)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Typical fabric (very pale red to pinkish at surface; gritty texture; varied bits; rare, medium to large, subangular, lime chunks exploding at surface), firing, and surface treatment. Rare small clay nodules in grooves. Misaligned seam but smoothed.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion and scratching; splitting along seam; scattered specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 65, no. 336, pl. 15 (H. Williams)
- Discus diameter
- 0.043
- Handle total height
- 0.043
- Length
- 0.0933
- Base Length
- 0.0513
- Weight (kg)
- 0.075
- Width
- 0.0645
- Base Width
- 0.0399
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.032
- 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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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1777 (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/ke1777>
