KL175 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Details are blurry from worn mold. Retouching evident in hair and face.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
Comparanda
cf. Bruneau1977, p. 295, no. 85, fig. 55 (Musée Allard Pierson, Amsterdam)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 194, no. 604, pl. XXVII (O. Broneer; mistaken for Eros on dolphin)
Description
Circular, shallow discus has figural relief, filling hole upper right, and slit as airhole at bottom. Relief depicts Eros seated three-quarters right on unidentified object (rock? arms of Ares?) with left arm on seat, right arm bent upward to head, left leg outstretched, right leg flexed, and wings spread out from behind shoulder.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/8, reddish yellow. Typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian fabric: fine; buff.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments preserve 66% of discus. Slight abrasion; worn breaks; sparse, thin encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 772, 841, 842, no. 352, fig. 19.19
Maximum preserved dimension
0.044
Explanation of deposition
Represents Middle Roman funerary activity.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
In Excavated Unit
Locus T07-015
Location in unit
Among dense pottery and lamps on floor along north end of west wall of chamber of Tomb 7.
Drawing
Photograph