KL089 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
7.5YR 7/6, reddish yellow. Late Corinthian red fabric. Sparse, small to large clay nodules.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Description
Tear-shaped(?) outline. Inward sloping shoulder has wavy lines in low relief. Thick joining ridge, ledge, and wide webbing between left shoulder and handle. Short, solid handle has two grooves and misalignment; lower handle has flanking grooves. Flat base has double, almond-shaped grooves around incuse design of inverted palm branch with single circles above and to right. Details of shoulder and branch are blurry but base grooves and circles are retouched.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves roughly one-quarter of shoulder, entire handle, and one-third of base. Slight pitting and abrasion; traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 895-896, no. 473, fig. 19.52
Height base to shoulder
0.029
Height shoulder to handle
0.008
Maximum preserved dimension
0.049
Other Dimensions
Height Base to Handle 0.037
Chronology comment
Mid- to late 5th century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph