- KL179/183 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp, red-on-white
- Comparanda
- Format: sim. BMLIII, p. 374, no. Q 3025, pl. 99 (D. M. Bailey; from Ephesos, Flavian–Trajanic)
- Comparanda
- Format: sim. PergForsch13, p. 115, no. 223, pl. 6 (A. Heimerl; mid-late 1st century)
- Comparanda
- Stemmed leaf motif: cf. EphesosIX.3, pp. 120, 129, no. L35, pl. 100 (R. Meriç; Schachtbrunnen am Staatsmarkt)
- Comparanda
- Stemmed leaf motif: cf. PergForsch2, pp. 136, 139, nos. Q42, Q46, Q49, pls. 62–65 (J. Schäfer; Late Hellenistic Pergamene lamps, “Herzblattlampe“)
- Contributor Notes
- 2024: JLR revised Rife2022d.
- Description
- Tear-shaped outline. Concave discus with outer rim terminating in volutes at base of nozzle and inner rim forming a point in channel between volutes. Narrow, sloping shoulder has large, cordate leafs with sharply curved stems in relief flanking handle and small leafs in relief near nozzle. This form would have a heart-shaped nozzle. Narrow, pierced handle has two grooves above and over top but none below. Flat, raised base.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Typical material for ware. White underslip. Somewhat thick, mostly even, semiglossy slip.
- Preservation description
- Two nonjoining sherds (179/183) preserve back of discus, shoulder, intact handle, and small part from front right shoulder up to nozzle. Slight, sparse erosion and abrasion; worn breaks; sparse, thick encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, pp. 767, 828-829, no. 329, fig. 19.10
- Handle total height
- 0.048
- Height base to shoulder
- 0.03
- Height shoulder to handle
- 0.018
- Preserved length
- 0.098
- Chronology comment
- Late 1st-early 2nd century
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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