- KL173 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Technique
- Rare, large clay nodules from air pockets in plaster molds.
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
- Description
- Tear-shaped outline. Tear-shaped, concave discus with raised, flat rim. Sloping shoulder has flat herringbone.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/6, red. Slight, even, dull slip as wash.
- Preservation description
- One small fragment preserves <25% of rim. Slight, sparse abrasion with pitting and scoring; faint film of encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, pp. 781, 859, 860, no. 395, fig. 19.32
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.037
- Chronology comment
- Early-mid-5th century
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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