KL066 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)

Comparanda

sim. AgoraVII, p. 186, no. 2664, pl. 42 (J. Perlzweig)

Comparanda

sim. Karivieri1996, p. 202, no. 138, pl. 12 (second half 5th century)=KerameikosXVI, p. 293, no. 4691 (B. Böttger)

Comparanda

sim. KerameikosXVI, p. 284, no. 4568, pl. 78 (B. Böttger)

Description

Almond-shaped body. Circular, concave, plain discus with raised rim has filling hole above center with wide rim. Sloping shoulder has herringbone in low relief and raised double circles on either side of handle. Rounded nozzle framed by double angled grooves. Thick, pierced handle has two grooves.

Fabric, firing, surface

2.5YR 7/6, light red. Hard, medium fine fabric; smooth to slightly granular break. Unglazed.

Preservation description

Two joining fragments preserve entire handle, ca. 75% of shoulder, and 25% of discus. Slight to moderate abrasion with scoring; worn breaks; somewhat sparse patches of encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 784-785, 868, 870, no. 418, fig. 19.36

Discus width

0.034

Handle total height preserved

0.04

Height base to shoulder preserved

0.024

Height shoulder to handle

0.016

Preserved length

0.072

Width

0.058

Chronology comment

Mid-late 5th century

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph