KL252 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

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

Comparanda

cf. AgoraVII, p. 180, no. 2503, pl. 40 (J. Perlzweig)

Description

Almond-shaped outline. Oval to almond-shaped discus with thick, flat rim has cross with slightly flaring arms with double circles at intersection; holes in center and lower right quadrant. Channel from discus to wickhole. Broad shoulder with beveled rim has semicircles around double circles that terminate at single angled groove. Rounded nozzle.

Fabric, firing, surface

2.5YR 6/8, light red. Hard, somewhat gritty fabric. Unglazed.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves 33% of discus and shoulder. Slight abrasion.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 866, 867, no. 412, fig. 19.35

Preserved length

0.052

Preserved width

0.034

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph