KL258 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

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

Description

Flat base has double almond-shaped grooves around incuse design of palm branch. Single circles added during retouching over grooves.

Fabric, firing, surface

Typical fabric, firing, and surface treatment for ware. 10R 7/6, light red. Hard, fine fabric with smooth break. Unglazed.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves ca. 25% of base and lower wall. Mostly clean surface and breaks with rare specks to small patches of encrustation.

Published as

Rife2022d, pp. 787, 879, 881, no. 446, fig. 19.41

Preserved length

0.031

Preserved width

0.038

Chronology comment

Mid-late 5th century

Explanation of deposition

Represents Late Roman activity in area.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRB0911-003

Location in unit

At bottom of massive structural debris over ground north of Octagon across east central trench.

Drawing

Photograph