cf. Koutoussaki2008, pp. 400-401, no. 735, figs. 541-543, pl. LXIX (Agora and Thermes, Argos)
Comparanda
sim. Libertini1930, p. 292, no. 1453, pl. CXXIV (same format but details vary; much cleaner organization: a model?; Museo Bascari, Catania)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Heavy fabric: reddish brown; somewhat fine but granular fracture; varied, well-sorted, tiny to small inclusions, including uncommon subrounded white and rare subangular black; consistently hard fired; thin, even wash, more red than fabric. Cf. Late Corinthian “brick red“ lamp fabric but finer rendering than many. Prominent webbing and ridging around handle and seam but smoothed.
Preservation comment
Two joining sherds preserve complete lamp but missing front left shoulder and right base and adjacent wall. Slight, somewhat sparse pitting, abrasion, scratching and gouging; somewhat clean breaks; faint patches of film of encrustation. Scorching around nozzle from use.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 86, no. 457, pls. 20, 24 (H. Williams)
