Corinth Object: L 1568
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1568
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1568
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, rounded flaring body, broad flat rim, shallow concave disk with central fill hole, air hole at base of U-shaped nozzle with large wick hole. Solid vertical lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: faintly incised leaf within pointed incised outline. Rim: herringbone with outer ring of tiny impressed dots, ring of relief dots (?) surrounding disk. disk: 4 "branches" on 4 axes of disk. Handle: 2 grooves on upper half.
Material:   Relatively fine light red-brown clay with numerous fine - at least 1 coarse- white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Slightly yellower than 2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Faint burning on tip of nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.039 (max) H00.029 (rim) L00.092 D00.071
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Temple E
Context:   NB127 P21
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E
Basket: NB127 P21
Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 16 (pp. 21 - 22)