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 Imitation or Copy of Italian Lamp
Typological identification comment
Format: prob. Loeschcke Typus IV=Broneer Type XXIII=Bailey Type B group iv (Claudian-Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
On this motif in western lamps, see in general BMLII, pp. 76–77, 209, esp. no. Q 1013, fig. 82, pl. 29 (D. M. Bailey; Lanuvium, ca. 40–80 CE).
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform VIIb
Comparanda
Motif: cf. Brants1913, p. 24, no. 333, pl. III (Rijksmuseum, Leiden; from Smyrna)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. Deneauve1969, p. 175, no. 769, pl. LXXII (Carthage)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. Menzel1969, pp.  54–55, no.  300, fig.  46.5 (RGZM)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. Mlasowsky1993, pp. 248–249, no. 246 (Kestner-Museum, Hannover; from Cyprus?, ca. 40–100 CE)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. Rivet2003, pp. 57, 102, nos. 57, 496 (Musée d’Istres; from Golfe de Fos)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. RosenthalSivan1978, p. 35, no. 130, p. 35 (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Comparanda
Motif: cf. SalamineChypreVII, p. 130, nos. 344, 345, pl. 19 (T. Oziol)
Comparanda
sim. IsthmiaIII, p. 57, no. 2374, pls. 9, 28 (O. Broneer; shoulder and filling hole differ)
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. Rabbit and foliage type. 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>