KL258 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)

Description

Flat base has double almond-shaped grooves around incuse design of palm branch. Single circles added during retouching over grooves.

Fabric, firing, surface

Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 10R 7/6, light red. Hard, fine fabric with smooth break. Unglazed.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves ca. 25% of base and lower wall. Traces of encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 879, 881, no. 446, fig. 19.41

Preserved length

0.031

Preserved width

0.038

Chronology comment

Mid-late 5th century

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph