KL137 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
5YR 6/4, light reddish brown, to 5YR, 4/1, dark gray. Late Corinthian red fabric. Sparse, large clay nodules. Streaky discoloration from uneven firing.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Description
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. Small joining ridge, narrow ledge, and slight webbing. 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). Details are very blurry.
Preservation description
Twelve joining fragments preserve entire lamp. Sparse pitting and scoring; thin encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 892-893, no. 468, fig. 19.50
Discus diameter
0.047
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
Other Dimensions
Height base to handle 0.049
Chronology comment
Late 5th to late 6th or early 7th century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph