KE 96 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Athenian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Sloppy handling of design in mold, including irregular shoulder band, thick excess clay across discus and in shoulder, and double stamped shoulder design with undertain underlying motif on left shoulder panel.
sim. AgoraVII, p. 193, nos. 2825, 2826, pl. 44 (decorative motifs and perhaps central design; J. Perlzweig)=Karivieri1996, p. 208, no. 162, pl. 51 (dated second half 6th century)
Comparanda
sim. DemetriasIV, vol. 1, p. 92 (Gruppe IV), vol. 2, p. 108, nos. II.555-II.559, pls. 77, 78 (J. Eiwanger)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (reddish orange, mostly fine but one large limestone chunk spalling in left wall), firing, and surface treatment for type (thin, even, semimatte slip, darker red than fabric, brushed haphazardly over surface and into reservoir).
Preservation description
Two joining sherds preserve ca. 25% of back left body top to bottom. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare pitting; worn breaks; scattered specks to chunks of encrustation.
