- KL064 (Early Roman Asia Minor Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Not after (date)
- 125
- Not before (date)
- 75
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Early-Middle Roman Asia Minor Lamp, Knidian
- Comparanda
- sim. KL096
- Description
- Circular, concave discus has relief of scallop shell, raised rim, and prominent, flat framing ring. Flat, plain shoulder with rounded rim. Volute nozzle.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Fabric: 2.5YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Slip: 2.5YR 5/4, reddish brown (slightly darker in places). Hard, fine, micaceous, slightly porous fabric with uniform consistency and scattered small white to dull yellow inclusions. Somewhat thick, even, semilustrous slip. Sparse, large clay nodules. Knidian.
- Preservation comment
- Four fragments, three joining, preserve roughly three-quarters of discus and one-half of shoulder. Slight to moderate erosion on right side; sparse encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, p. 820, no. 312, fig. 19.6
- Discus diameter
- 0.058
- Preserved length
- 0.068
- Preserved width
- 0.049
- Other Dimensions
- H. base-shoulder 0.028
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Shell (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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