- KL160+KL168 (Early Roman Corinthian Transitional Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Not after (date)
- 150
- Not before (date)
- 90
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Early Roman Corinthian Lamp, Transitional
- Description
- Circular, slightly concave discus has rosette with 16 concave, rounded petals, central filling hole, and rounded framing ring. Slightly sloping shoulder has large ovules. This type has small, rounded nozzle and ring handle attached at rim.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- 2.5YR 8/3, pale yellow. Early-Middle Roman Corinthian lamp fabric: very fine. Unglazed.
- Preservation comment
- Eight fragments, two joining (160+168), preserve ca. 50% of discus and small parts of shoulder and nozzle. Slight, extensive encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, pp. 771, 833, 834, no. 339, fig. 19.14
- Estimated discus diameter
- 0.072
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.044
- Chronology comment
- Dated end 1st-first half of 2nd century.
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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