| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KL 158 | |
| Title: | MINIATURE LAMP | |
| Category: | Lamps | |
| Category Code: | KL | |
| Object Number: | 158 | |
| Description: | Miniature lamp with flat bottom, deep, convex walls, and incurved rim with rounded lip. Small filling hole. Wick hole slightly removed from rim. Nozzle roughly trapezoidal from above. According to Stillwell (1954, Corinth 15.2, p. 266), "much more carefully made than most of the lamps found inside the Terracotta Factory." Similar in shape to full sized lamp KL 63 (Stillwell 1954, Corinth 15.2, cat. 61, p. 262), found near it. | |
| Decoration: | Black glaze over all. | |
| Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with rare inclusions and rare fine voids | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for missing handle. Glaze poorly preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Period: | 5th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Likely late 5th c. B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB114 P77 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, probably Deposit 8. Trench XX, near north-south wall. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1954, Corinth 15.2, cat. 91, p. 266 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 6479 Basket: NB114 P77 Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 44 (pp. 76 - 77) |
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