KL107 (Early Roman Corinthian Imitative Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
100
Not before (date)
50
Comment
JLR (2024) slightly revised Rife2022d.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Early Roman Corinthian Lamp, copy/imitation Italian
Typological identification comment
Format: prob. Loeschcke Typus IV=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B group iv (Claudian-Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIIb
Description
Circular to oval, flat discus has relief of crouching rabbit facing right to grapes and leaves, large filling hole below center, raised rim, and single framing groove. Plain, rounded shoulder. Nozzle has small volutes.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 5YR 7/4, pink. Slip: 2.5YR 4/4, reddish brown. Fine, porous fabric with uniform consistency and frequent, small, rounded to subrounded, white (lime) inclusions. Thick, dull slip, extensively eroded in small flakes. Corinthian.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves ca. 75% of discus and ca. 30% of shoulder. Extensive abrasion and pitting; extensive encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 813, 815, no. 302, fig. 19.4
Estimated discus diameter
0.043
Preserved length
0.57
Preserved width
0.044
Chronology comment
Dated ca. second half 1st century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Rabbit or Hare (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation
“KL107 (Early Roman Corinthian Imitative Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kl107>