| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1577 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1577 | |
| Description: | Almond-shaped lamp with flat bottom, deep, straight flaring body, broad, ca. flat rim, square disk with 3 fill holes in 3 of 4 angles, broad channel with air hole leading to nozzle. Vertical lug handle, solid. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: incised leaf with double framing lines, 2 circles at base of handle. Rim: herringbone flanking sides 2 sides of disk,, concentric arcs framing channel, leaf-shaped ornament in angles beside handle. disk: small, indistinct cross with ribs in arms, flaring tips. Handle: 3 grooves on top, 2 on lower half. | |
| Material: | Hard-fired, somewhat gritty clay fired dark red at core, dark gray-red-brown at surface, with numerous tiny white, sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: slightly yellower than 5YR 4/2 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for front quarter with nozzle; broken at start of wick hole. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.037 (max) H00.028 (rim) D00.054 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.0665 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman, 5th-6th c. | |
| Area: | Temple E | |
| Context: | NB128 P49 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E Basket: NB128 P49 Notebook Page: NB 101, spread 93 (pp. 173 - 174) Notebook Page: NB 128, spread 30 (pp. 49 - 50) |
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