KL197 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)

Comparanda

sim. AgoraVII, p. 179, no. 2478, pl. 40 (herringbone shoulder; J. Perlzweig)

Description

Circular to oval, concave discus with raised rim has relief of cross monogram with rho open left and curled loop, flaring arms that are divided and crosshatched, and double circle at intersection of arms; holes in quadrants. Narrow, sloping shoulder has small wavy lines. This type has channel from discus to nozzle.

Fabric, firing, surface

5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Somewhat hard, flaky, somewhat gritty fabric. Unglazed.

Preservation comment

One small fragment preserves 66% of discus and part of shoulder. Slight pitting and abrasion; slight encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 866, 867, no. 410, fig. 19.35

Maximum preserved dimension

0.0481

Chronology comment

Dated mid- to late 5th century

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

Drawing

Photograph