Corinth Object: L 1569
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)