Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KL248 (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: see BMLIII, p. 383, no. Q 3111, figs. 85, 143, pl. 105 (D. M. Bailey; ca. AD 500–600)
Comparanda: see EphesosIV.2, p. 130, nos. 580–582, pl. IV (F. Miltner; Seven Sleepers)
Comparanda: see SardisM9, p. 101, no. L63.59:5831, figs. 590–592 (Byzantine Shops E 19)
Comparanda: see Simsek2011, vol. 1, pp. 97–98, pl. 92:260–262, vol. 2, pp. 948, 962, 981, nos. 1234, 1278, 1347 (Laodicea ad Lycum, second half 4th–7th century)
Description: Steeply sloping shoulder with thick, wavy stalk and tight grape clusters in relief. Leaf in relief on axis at base of nozzle, between the lowest point on the stalk volutes. This motif appears on types that often have small discus and long, rounded nozzle without channel.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: 7.5YR 7/3, pink. Somewhat hard, fine, slightly micaceous fabric with very few, small, subrounded, white (calcareous) inclusions. Unglazed. Ephesian?
Preservation comment: One small fragment preserves less than one-quarter of shoulder at left base of nozzle. Sparse pitting.
Published as: Rife2022d, pp. 901-903, no. 486, fig. 19.56
Maximum preserved dimension: 0.027
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KL248 (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/kl248>