KL191 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Prominent joining ridge, ledge, and thick webbing. Details are blurry from worn mold or archetype. Sparse, large clay nodules from air pockets in plaster mold.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Description
Tear-shaped(?) outline. Almond-shaped, concave discus has relief of cross monogram with rho right and double circles at ends of horizontal arms and raised rim. Slightly rounded shoulder has herringbone. Thick, solid handle has two grooves. Flat base has three raised dots at base of handle and double circular grooves around uncertain incuse signature (traces of letter strokes or serifs around break). Details are blurry.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Late Corinthian red fabric.
Preservation description
Two large joining fragments preserve entire handle, 50% of shoulder, and <50% of discus and base. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 795-796, 887-888, no. 460, fig. 19.47
Discus width
0.05
Handle total height
0.043
Height base to shoulder
0.031
Height shoulder to handle
0.012
Preserved length
0.064
Preserved width
0.068
Chronology comment
Mid-late 5th century
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph