Like KL171 the overall format is inspired by Italian predecessor (q.v.) but the contours, shoulder design, and material of KL115 more closely approach the qualities of Broneer XXVII.
Comparanda
Italian predecessor: BMLII, pp. 180, 183, no. Q 955, pl. 20 (D. M. Bailey; Type B group v; probably from Puteoli, second half 1st century)
Comparanda
cf. IsthmiaIII, p. 71, no. 2847, pl. 30 (O. Broneer; Northwest Reservoir)
Comparanda
cf. Petropoulos1999, p. 157, no. Β13, pls. 19, 21, 57 (Patras, end 1st–beginning 2nd century)
Comparanda
sim. CL 1669 (circles and not ovules on shoulder; unpublished lamp from the 1933 excavations at Corinth)
Comparanda
sim. KL171 (earlier?)
Comparanda
sim. AgoraVII, p. 96, no. 286, pl. 9 (J. Perlzweig; nozzle differs; first half 2nd century)
Conservation
2007 (July 4): mechanically cleaned and mended using nitrocellulose UHU Hart (Dimitra Miza).
Contributor Notes
2025: JLR slightly revised identification and description in Rife2022d.
Description
Circular, concave, plain discus has cylindrical stump of central suspension handle, filling hole above, and wide framing ring. Broad, sloping shoulder has large ovules terminating at nozzle with small trilobate rosettes. Long, rounded nozzle with large volutes and small, partially punched airhole in channel; traces of burning.
Fabric, firing, surface
10YR 7/4, very pale brown. Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric: somewhat soft, fine but mealy texture. Unglazed.
Preservation description
Ten joining fragments preserve most of shoulder and discus and entire nozzle. Sparse abrasion, slight abrasion; somewhat sharp breaks; slight, sparse encrustation.
