KL260 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 120=Karivieri1996, p. 161, fig. 19=KerameikosXVI, p. 162, no. 1564, pl. 32 (discus labeled ΟΔΥϹ|ϹΕΟΥϹ); p. 162, no. 1566, pl. 32 (dated 337–350 CE)
Comparanda
cf. BML3, pp. 7, 415, no. Q 3307, fig. 10, pl. 122 (identified as Hephaistos; from Asia Minor, Smyrna[?, 4th century)
Comparanda
cf. Tidmarsh2001, pp. 653, 665–666, no. 15.84, fig. 162, pl. 87 (Torone, late 3rd or early 4th century [Attic glazed, too early)
Description
Flat discus has relief of large oval face forward, with round eyes and pupils and broad, flat nose, surrounded by shaggy hair and moustache, wearing conical cap (pilos). Small filling holes right and left.
Preservation comment
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/6, red. Cracked surface. Thin, dull slip as wash preserved in slight traces.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves central discus. Slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 846, 847, no. 365, fig. 19.23
Preserved length
0.027
Preserved width
0.028
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Hephaistos/Vulcan (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph