Small joining ridge, narrow ledge, and slight webbing. Details are blurry from worn mold. Sparse, large clay nodules from air pockets in plaster mold. Streaky discoloration from uneven firing.
Tear-shaped outline. Circular, concave, plain discus has central filling hole with raised ring, four smaller holes around, two single circles at corners of handle, raised rim, and narrow framing ring. Sloping shoulder has herringbone in relief. Rounded nozzle flanked by double angled grooves has airhole at top flanked by single circles and short channel to wickhole; traces of burning. Thick, solid handle has two grooves; lower handle has flanking grooves. Flat base has two almond-shaped grooves with double circles at top and bottom, around incuse signature: Α (extended diagonal, bent horizontal, small serifs).
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/4, light reddish brown, to 5YR, 4/1, dark gray. Late Corinthian red fabric.
Preservation description
Twelve joining fragments preserve entire lamp. Little abrasion and rare pitting and scoring; slightly worn breaks; thin encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 795, 796, 892-893, no. 468, fig. 19.50
Discus diameter
0.047
Handle total height
0.049
Height base to shoulder
0.037
Height shoulder to handle
0.012
Length
0.101
Base Length
0.053
Width
0.069
Base Width
0.043
Chronology comment
Dated mid-late 5th century by type; dated late 5th-late 6th/early 7th century by context.
