Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KL253 (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. EphesosIV.2, p. 191, no. 216, pl. XIII (F. Miltner; from early excavations)
Description: Circular outline. Circular(?) discus has raised rim and single framing ring. Slightly rounded and slightly sloping shoulder has five uneven rows of small globules. This type has long, rounded nozzle with band of tongues across top. Slight webbing. Narrow, solid handle with two grooves above and fishtail below. Raised base ring.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric: 10R 7/4, pale red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/4, reddish brown. Slightly soft, fine, slightly micaceous fabric with rare to very few, very small, subrounded, white (calcareous) inclusions. Thin, even, semilustrous slip. Ephesian?
Preservation comment: One large fragment preserves less than one-quarter of shoulder, entire handle, and roughly one-third of base and right wall. Slight abrasion; slight, extensive encrustation on shoulder. Secondary scorching on handle.
Published as: Rife2022d, pp. 900, 902, no. 481, fig. 19.55
Handle total height: 0.039
Preserved length: 0.044
Preserved width: 0.047
Other Dimensions: H. base-shoulder 0.029
Other Dimensions: H. shoulder-top handle 0.010
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KL253 (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/kl253>