KL050 (Early Roman Corinthian Imitative or Italian Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Early Roman Corinthian Imitation or Copy of Italian Lamp
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Description
Circular, concave, plain(?) discus has airhole at bottom and raised rim. Plain, sloping to rounded shoulder. Rounded nozzle has wickhole with broad, heart-shaped rim with two circular extensions in corners touching discus rim; traces of burning.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 7.5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 5YR 4/3, reddish brown. Soft, fine, almost powdery fabric with rare, very small, subrounded, white and black inclusions. Thin, uneven, mottled slip, flaky.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments preserve ca. 30% of shoulder, entire nozzle, and small part of discus. Heavy abrasion; sparse encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 816, 817, no. 306, fig. 19.5
Estimated discus diameter
0.063
Preserved length
0.054
Material
Ceramic (Material)