KL207 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
425
Not before (date)
375
Technique
Sparse, large clay nodules from air pockets in plaster mold.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, pp. 117-118, no. 767, pl. 17 (J. Perlzweig)
Comparanda
cf. Bovon1966, p. 63, no. 369, pl. 9 (unglazed; Argos)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthIV.2, p. 255, nos. 1188, 1189, fig. 178, pl. XVI (O. Broneer)
Comparanda
cf. KerameikosXVI, p. 243, no. 3704, pl. 60 (B. Böttger)
Comparanda
sim. KL059
Description
Discus with figural relief depicts head with thick, bushy coiffure rendered with branch pattern to suggest braiding; top front of hair where knot or projection would be is broken away. Thick, rounded horizontal line delineates bottom of bust. Goddess with double ax type. Overall treatment is highly schematic (e.g., almond-shaped eye) and whole figure has vertical inclination.
Fabric, firing, surface
Material typical for ware. Fabric: 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Slight, dull slip as wash scarcely preserved in grooves.
Preservation description
One small fragment preserves central part of discus broken around outline of figural relief. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; traces of encrustation.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 781, 782, 846, 847, no. 364, fig. 19.23
Preserved length
0.029
Preserved width
0.027
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Deity (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph