KL134 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
10R 6/8, light red. Soft, crumbly, gritty to sandy fabric with cracked surface. Cf. 415. Unglazed.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)
Description
Tear-shaped outline. Circular, concave, plain discus has central filling hole with raised rim, four smaller holes around, two small double circles at base of handle, and raised rim. Sloping shoulder has herringbone in low relief. Slight webbing between shoulder and handle. Thick, partly pierced handle with three grooves above. Details are blurry from erosion of friable fabric but also from worn mold.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves two-thirds of discus, rim, and handle. Heavy erosion.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 870-871, no. 420, fig. 19.37
Estimated discus diameter
0.039
Preserved length
0.055
Preserved width
0.051
Chronology comment
Mid- to late 5th century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph