KL219 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Technique

Details are blurry from both worn mold and postdepositional abrasion.

Writing transcription

[Χ]IO|[NH]Ϲ

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Late Roman Athenian Lamp, late unglazed (“postglaze”)

Typological identification

Signature, mark, or legend (lamp)

Description

Flat, almond-shaped base has double grooves around incuse signature: [Χ]IO|[NH]Ϲ (rounded serifs).

Fabric, firing, surface

Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Hard, thick fabric. Unglazed.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves ca. 25% of base. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion with minor gouging; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 785-786, 879, 880, no. 440, fig. 19.41

Maximum preserved dimension

0.032

Chronology comment

Second quarter 5th-first half 6th century

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph