KL192 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Slight joining ridge, very narrow ledge, and traces of webbing between shoulder and handle. Details are blurry from worn mold, but grooves framing discus and shoulder are sharp from retouching.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Copy of Earlier Corinthian Lamp
Comparanda
Form cf. KL075 and KL195
Description
Tear-shaped outline. Oval or tear-shaped, somewhat shallow discus with central filling hole and raised rim. Nearly flat shoulder has flat herringbone. Thick, solid handle has two grooves and shows misalignment; lower handle has flanking grooves.
Fabric, firing, surface
7.5YR 6/6, light red. Late Corinthian red fabric.
Preservation description
Two large joining fragments preserve entire handle and ca. 25% of discus and shoulder. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion with scoring and chipping; slightly worn breaks; very sparse encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 795-796, 893-894, no. 469, fig. 19.50
Preserved height base to handle
0.043
Height shoulder to handle
0.011
Preserved length
0.057
Preserved width
0.048
Chronology comment
Mid-late 5th century
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph