KL121 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Broneer Type XXVII Lamp
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, pp. 98–99, 192, no. 591, fig. 44 (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. Details are blurry.
Fabric, firing, surface
2.5Y 7/4, pale yellow. Typical Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric.
Preservation comment
One small fragment preserves <50% of discus. Slight abrasion.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 772, 841, 842, no. 351, fig. 19.19
Preserved length
0.026
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Eros/Cupid (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph