- KL207 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Not after (date)
- 425
- Not before (date)
- 375
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraVII, pp. 117–118, no. 767, pl. 17 (J. Perlzweig; mid-4th century [too early?])
- 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
- Fabric: 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Material typical for ware. Cracked surface. Slight, dull slip as wash scarcely preserved in grooves. Sparse, large clay nodules.
- Preservation comment
- One small fragment preserves central part of discus broken around outline of figural relief. Traces of encrustation.
- Published as
- Rife2022d, pp. 846, 847, no. 364, fig. 19.23
- Preserved length
- 0.029
- Preserved width
- 0.027
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Female (Gender)
- Photograph
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