KL089 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Thick joining ridge, ledge, and wide webbing between left shoulder and handle. Sparse, small to large clay nodules from air pockets in clay mold. Details of shoulder and branch are blurry but base grooves and circles are retouched.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Description
Tear-shaped(?) outline. Inward sloping shoulder has wavy lines in low relief. Short, solid handle has two grooves and misalignment; lower handle has flanking grooves. Flat base has double, almond-shaped grooves around incuse design of inverted palm branch with single circles above and to right.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 7.5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Late Corinthian red fabric.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves ca. 25% of shoulder, entire handle, and 33% of base. Slight pitting and abrasion; worn breaks; small patches of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 783, 795, 796, 895-896, no. 473, fig. 19.52
Handle total height
0.037
Height base to shoulder
0.029
Height shoulder to handle
0.008
Maximum preserved dimension
0.049
Chronology comment
Mid-late 5th century
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph