Slightly elongated outline. Circular discus, flat to slightly concave with double raised rim around relief of rosette with eight outlined leaves. Steeply sloping shoulder with row of double semicircles with raised outlines and dots inside and between tips. Distinct narrow seam between upper and lower halves.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 10R 6/4, pale red. Soft, medium-fine, micaceous fabric with rare to uncommon, very small, rounded, white (calcareous) and angular, red inclusions. Unglazed. Ephesian?
Preservation comment
Four joining fragments preserve roughly one-third of discus and shoulder. Slight abrasion; traces of encrustation.
“KL259 (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/kl259>