KTH2628 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp, copy or imitation North African
Description
Tear-shaped outline(?). Keyhole(?) discus with uncertain curvilinear decoration in relief out to flat framing ring. Flat, wide channel on shoulder has relief on each side of four triple concentric circles (Bussière-Rivel Da14) and three almonds (Bussière-Rivel Ga11/12). Straight, thick walls. Thickened wall around seam; blobs of excess clay across top surface.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 10R 5/8, red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Dense, hard, medium coarse, consistently fired, with uncommon, well sorted, subrounded to subangular, white and black inclusions. Thin, semimatte to semiglossy in places, somewhat uneven slip (thick wash?) over whole exterior.
Label or tag text
KTH-2015-001 | central hall
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves roughly one quarter of shoulder and small part of discus. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; sparse patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.017
Preserved length
0.056
Preserved width
0.027
Weight (kg)
0.018
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph