KL209 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
Description
Base has wide, raised ring, like a pedestal, around smaller raised ring and in middle uncertain design in relief: three radiating lines from star?
Fabric, firing, and surface description
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Hard, fine, micaceous fabric with rare, small, angular, white (calcareous?) and very small, rounded to subrounded, red inclusions.
Preservation comment
One small fragment preserves 33% of base. Slight, extensive pitting; traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 806-807, 902, 903, no. 488, fig. 19.56
Maximum preserved dimension
0.028
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KL209 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kl209>