KL226 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Egyptian(?) Lamp) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Roman-Byzantine Egyptian Lamp
Description
Oversized lamp with elongated(?) outline. Tear-shaped or lenticular, deep discus that slopes up to shoulder has uncertain central design in low relief and double row of raised dots along inner rim. Broad, steeply sloping shoulder has design in low relief of lozenges with surrounding globules and transverse bands of dots or palm branch(?). Thick joining ridge. Details are blurry.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
10R 6/6, light red. Hard, thick fabric with sparsely cracked surface and uncom-mon to common, very small to small, angular, black (carbon or biotite?) inclusions; slight spalling. Unglazed. Imported; Egyptian?
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves one-quarter of shoulder and small part of discus; broken along suture. Slight abrasion; very sparse traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, p. 904, no. 491, fig. 19.57
Preserved length
0.06
Preserved width
0.048
Other Dimensions
max. p. dim. discus 0.020
Chronology comment
6th century?
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KL226 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Egyptian(?) Lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kl226>