Corinth Object: L 1574
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1574
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1574
Description:   Flat bottom with 2 grooves, echinoid body, narrow flat shoulder, raised flat rim, small concave disk with central fill hole and 3 around at (:00, 3:00 and 6:00; air hole in rim, projecting nozzle with large wick hole, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: 3 rows of raised globules, interrupted by concentric half-circles flanking air hole below nozzle. disk: plain. Handle: 3 grooves above, 1 below.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on bottom: illegible letter(s).
Material:   Moderately fine light red to reddish tan clay with frequent fine white and fewer sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   From 2.5YR 5/8 to near 7.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.096 H00.034 (rim) H00.048 (max) W00.068
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Temple E
Context:   NB127 P113
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E
Image: bw 2000 013 32
Basket: NB127 P113
Notebook Page: NB 101, spread 91 (pp. 169 - 170)
Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 62 (pp. 113 - 114)