KL166 (Early Roman Corinthian Imitative Lamp) [permalink]
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 comment
Format: Bailey Type H (Claudian-Trajanic)
Typological identification comment
Shoulder: Loeschcke Schulterform IIIa/VIa
Comparanda
cf. Deneauve1969, p. 192, no. 902, pl. LXXXII (Carthage, first half 1st century)
Comparanda
sim. BMLII, pp. 237-238, no. Q 1098, fig. 110, pl. 39 (D. M. Bailey; mid-third quarter 1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. BMLII, pp. 246-248, 249-250, no. Q 1115 EA, pl. 42 (D. M. Bailey; variant? from Alexandria or Fayum?, second/third quarter 1st century)
Comparanda
sim. BenghaziIII.2, p. 63, nos. C 433, C 434, pl. XII (D. M. Bailey; 1st century CE)
Contributor Notes
2025: JLR revised identification in [@Rife2022d.
Description
Circular, slightly concave, plain(?) discus with airhole at bottom has raised rim and framing ring. Narrow, rounded shoulder has large ovules. Long, rounded nozzle has narrow oval rim around wickhole; traces of burning.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 10R 5/6, red, to 10R 4/3, weak red. Hard, medium fine clay with gritty texture; frequent, small, subrounded, white inclusions. Thin, dull slip, flaky, varies in color with splotchiness; cf. KL165 and KL169. Corinthian but relatively unrefined.
Preservation description
Two large joining fragments preserve entire nozzle and small parts of shoulder and discus. Slight, extensive abrasion with rare pitting; worn breaks; spare, thin patches of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 766, 822-823, no. 319, fig. 19.7
Estimated discus diameter
0.054
Height
0.022
Preserved length
0.065
Chronology comment
Second half 1st century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph