Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KL246 (Late Republican-Early Imperial Italian lamp)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -1
Not before (date): -50
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Early-Middle Roman Italian Lamp
Comparanda: cf. BMLI, pp. 325–326, 338–339, no. Q 713, pls. 2, 133 (D. M. Bailey; second half 1st century BCE)
Description: Circular, concave, plain discus has two raised, concentric circles, inner wider than outer. Rounded shoulder has five even rows of small points. Vertical band handle attached from upper rim to lower wall. This type has heavy lug on left side and elongated flat nozzle with flaring termination. Central Italian.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric: 2.5YR 7/6, yellow. Slip: 7.5YR 4/4, brown, but fired darker in places. Soft, fine fabric with sparse, medium, white inclusions, slightly micaceous. Thin, somewhat even, semilustrous slip, flaky, preserved in grooves and around handle.
Preservation comment: Two joining fragments preserve roughly one-third of shoulder, small part of upper handle, and roughly one-quarter of discus. Slight abrasion; slight encrustation.
Published as: Rife2022d, pp. 810, 811, no. 295, fig. 19.3
Estimated discus diameter: 0.055
Maximum preserved dimension: 0.056
Chronology comment: Dated second half 1at century BCE
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KL246 (Late Republican-Early Imperial Italian lamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kl246>