- 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)
- Photograph
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