Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1569 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1569 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat base, nearly biconical shape with steep flaring body, steeply sloping rim, rising to small oval disk, slightly depressed below framing ring, central fill hole, long narrow channel with air hole, leading to long nozzle with large wick hole. Triangular leaf-shaped large hollow handle projecting at oblique angle from rim; rib with central groove bracing handle in back. | |
Decoration: | Base: faint ring of impressed dotted circles. Rim and handle: rows of globules; disk: plain. | |
Material: | Fine pinkish-tan clay with scattered white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/4 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Faint burning on tip of nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.080 (max) H00.045 (disk) L00.140 D00.065 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | NB127 P21 | |
Provenance: | Attica ? | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E Basket: NB127 P21 Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 16 (pp. 21 - 22) |