Corinth Object: KL 192
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 192
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE I
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   192
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, ovoid body with max. diam. below median, tapering to narrow flat rim, slightly overhanging interior only. Large fill hole. Stump of nozzle; horizontal lug handle attached to upper body and rim, with loop handle set vertically at its base. P.Q. type IA1.
Decoration:   Brown-black dull glaze over all. Ring of white dots on lip of rim, row of dots across handle, 2 added purple concentric rings on floor.
Material:   Fine buff clay with 2% fine voids.
Munsell Color:   Slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile; preserving left half of lamp with base of nozzle, ca. 1/4 rim, half of handle.
Manufacture:   HM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.023 D00.065 (bottom)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.087
Dimensions Restored:   D00.075 (max) D00.06 (rim)
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 7th c., poss. Into 6th c. B.C.
Area:   Provenance Unknown
Context:   Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 5, p. 255
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Provenance Unknown
Image: bw 2001 022 10
Basket: Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown