KL208 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed

Typological identification comment

Late version of the Middle Roman centaur with lyre type?

Description

Circular, shallow discus has relief of four-legged animal with shaggy fur and high-looping tail, facing right; filling hole above.

Fabric, firing, surface

Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 5/6, red. Somewhat thick, even, semilustrous slip.

Preservation description

One small fragment preserves lower left part of discus. Slight, sparse abrasion; somewhat worn breaks; frequent traces of encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 782, 847, 848, no. 370, fig. 19.23

Preserved length

0.026

Chronology comment

Mid-4th-early 5th century

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Animal (Visual Motif)

Drawing

Photograph