Corinth Object: KL 139
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 139
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE I
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   139
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, conical depression in center; squat globular body, narrow flat rim, slanting sharply in to large fill hole; central cone projecting from floor to well above rim. Large rounded nozzle with large wick hole just touching on rim. Evidence of paring on body.
Material:   Fine buff clay.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Seven joining frgts., preserving complete profile; 3/4 bottom-rim, over half nozzle, complete cone; RIP. No burning.
Manufacture:   HM ?
Dimensions Actual:   H00.036 (max) H00.020 (rim) L00.106 D00.084 (max) D00.061 (fill hole)
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   1st half 6th c. BCE or earlier
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   Potters' Quarter, From fill in Well I
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I. Note: association with Cistern II queried by ANS; publ. as Well I.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 12, p. 256
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6482
Image: bw 2001 020 23
Basket: Potters' Quarter, From fill in Well I
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 14 (pp. 18 - 19)