KL121 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Broneer Type XXVIIC Lamp
Comparanda
cf. KL1989-041
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, pp. 98–99, 192, no. 591, fig. 44 (O. Broneer; Type XXVIIC)
Comparanda
cf. Kallipolitis1964, p. 69, pl. 66a (Piraeus)=Bruneau1977, pp. 258–259, figs. 6, 7
Comparanda
cf. Thone2004, pp. 79, 140, no. 146, M 3, pl. 20:12 (Archäologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg)
Description
Circular, shallow discus has figural relief and filling hole right. Relief depicts Aphrodite nude facing forward with right arm beside torso but bending outward at elbow and left arm raised to shoulder height with garment hanging in vertical folds.
Fabric, firing, surface
2.5Y 7/4, pale yellow. Typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric: pale, fine.
Preservation description
One small fragment preserves <50% of discus. Moderate to severe, extensive abrasion; somewhat worn breaks.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 772, 841, 842, no. 351, fig. 19.19
Preserved length
0.026
Explanation of deposition
Represents Middle Roman funerary activity outside chamber of Tomb 2? Displaced from chamber and broken and dropped during recent looting?
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
In Excavated Unit
Locus T02-004
Location in unit
Upper level of Byzantine-Modern colluvium in south dromos.
Drawing
Photograph