KL260 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Middle-Late Roman Athenian lamp, early glazed
Comparanda
cf. KL247
Comparanda
cf. AgoraVII, p. 120=Karivieri1996, p. 161, fig. 19=KerameikosXVI, p. 162, no. 1564, pl. 32 (discus labeled ΟΔΥϹ|ϹΕΟΥϹ); p. 162, no. 1566, pl. 32 (B. Böttger)
Comparanda
cf. BMLIII, pp. 7, 415, no. Q 3307, fig. 10, pl. 122 (identified as Hephaistos; from Asia Minor, Smyrna?, 4th century)
Comparanda
cf. Tidmarsh2001, pp. 653, 665–666, no. 15.84, fig. 162, pl. 87 (Attic glazed; Torone)
Description
Flat discus has relief of large oval face forward, with round eyes and pupils and broad, flat nose, surrounded by shaggy hair and moustache, wearing conical cap (pilos). Small filling holes right and left.
Preservation description
Material typical for ware. Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/6, red. Thin, dull slip as wash preserved in slight traces.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves central discus. Somewhat slight, extensive abrasion; slightly worn breaks; thin patch of encrustation across top side.
Published as
Rife2022d, pp. 782, 846, 847, no. 365, fig. 19.23
Preserved length
0.027
Preserved width
0.028
Explanation of deposition
Residual in burial fill.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Hephaistos/Vulcan (Visual Motif)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G47-001
Location in unit
Upper fill inside opening of cist of Grave 47.
Drawing
Photograph