KL085 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
2.5YR 6/6, light red. Late Corinthian red fabric.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Description
Prominent joining ridge where lower half has broken away from upper half. Flat lower handle has three grooves. Flat base has double circular grooves around incuse design of two simple palm branches in cross.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves roughly three-quarters of base. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and pitting; traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, p. 896, no. 474, fig. 19.52
Base Diameter
0.024
Preserved length
0.058
Width
0.06
Chronology comment
Late 5th to mid-6th century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph