Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KL211 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Late Roman-Early Byzantine Asia Minor Lamp
Comparanda: cf. BMLIII, p. 385, no. Q 3134, fig. 36, pl.107 (glazed, long, rounded nozzle without channel; from Artemiseion at Ephesos, 6th century)
Comparanda: cf. EphesosIV.2, p. 147, nos. 1103, 1110, pl. VI (F. Miltner: long, rounded nozzle without channel; earlier?)
Description: Circular to oval outline. Circular, nearly flat discus has Greek cross with flaring arms and raised rim in low relief, central filling hole, and sharply raised, rounded rim. Shoulder is broad and flat with single row of globules (14 total?). This type has no channel on nozzle. Solid, pointed and knob-like handle attaches to shoulder. Design is uneven.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: 7.5 YR 8/3, pink. Soft, fine, micaceous fabric with uncommon, small, rounded, white (calcareous), rare, angular, red and very rare, angular, black (carbon?) inclusions. Unglazed. Ephesian?
Preservation comment: One large fragment preserves <50% of discus and shoulder, and upper handle. Slight abrasion; sparse encrustation.
Published as: Rife2022d, pp. 806, 901, 902, no. 484, fig. 19.56
Preserved length: 0.037
Preserved width: 0.067
Other Dimensions: H. shoulder-top handle 0.017
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KL211 (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/kl211>