Type Atlante X tardif=Bonifay lampe type 69 (‟décors estompés”): late treatment of Atlante Type X, groupe C5, variante D
Description
Thick walls with circular outline. Keyhold format. Circular discus has filling hole middle, relief, and raised rim. Relief depicts cross pattée: raised rim, double(?) circles at four ends and fleurons. Shoulder has wide, shallow groove with rounded quatrefoils (Bussière-Rivel Fa/Fb). Plain channel to wickhole. Traces of burning around end of nozzle. Short, thick, solid handle extends to base ring. Wide, some high, circular base ring with plain center.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 10R 6/8, light red. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. Consistently fired. Slightly gritty texture and uncommon, subangular, black inclusions and some small calcite particles. Semiglossy, thick, even slip everywhere preserved. Central Tunisian cf. ARS C but unrefined.
Four joining fragments preserve almost entire lamp except more than one half of nozzle and small part of right wall to front bottom. Very slight, extensive abrasion and pitting; very sparse, small patches of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.035
Discus diameter
0.033
Handle total height
0.041
Height base to shoulder
0.03
Body Height
0.029
Height shoulder to handle
0.011
Length
0.11
Weight (kg)
0.089
Width
0.067
Chronology comment
Type: end 6th-early 7th century (see Bonifay2004, p. 413)
