KL070+KL079 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. Slight, dull slip as wash preserved in patches on base.
Writing transcription
ΚΥ
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian lamp, late glazed
Typological identification
Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)
Description
Oval to tear-shaped outline. Lower handle has flanking grooves and two double circles at base. Flat base has single, deep, circular groove around incuse signature: ΚΥ (small, rounded serifs; upsilon has no lower hasta, like an upside-down lambda, and drifts downward right).
Preservation description
Joining sherd from same lamps as KL079.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments preserve most of base and lower wall. Slight pitting and gouging; sparse encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 860, 861, no. 397, fig. 19.33
Base Diameter
0.035
Preserved width
0.082
Chronology comment
Early 5th century
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph