KM344 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian glass lamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light yellowish green (PMS 373). Numerous very small, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown. Rim cracked off and rotary polished. Abraded grooving.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 136, 143, no. 306, ill. 9, fig. 18, pl. 27 (M. Stern; mid-4th century)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2008, pp. 23–24, pls. 3:1, 4:1 (Type 1; Thessaloniki)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2009, pp. 153–161, nos. 113–119, 123–129, pls. 4, 5, V (types 31, 33; Thessaloniki)
Description
Thick wall. Flaring, straight rim cracked off and polished so that lip slopes down and out. Conical body. One shallow, horizontal groove at ca. 0.8 cm below lip on exterior.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Slight to moderate abrasion and slight pitting; sparse specks of encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 973, 1035, no. 662, fig. 20.29
Maximum preserved dimension
0.047
Preserved height
0.033
Estimated rim diameter
0.15
Wall thickness
0.006
Chronology comment
Dated 4th-5th century
Has geographic origin
Palestine
Has geographic origin
Syria
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph