| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1579 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1579 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, deep flaring body, sloping rim, ring surrounding concave disk, central fill hole; air hole through ring, tapering nozzle framed by pairs of grooves. Solid lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: herringbone; disk: rosette with serrated tips. Handle: three grooves on top, 2 on bottom. Dull purplish brown slip over all. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. ? Vertical stroke on bottom. Letter ? | |
| Material: | Fine hard-fired brown clay with few fine white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: near 7.5YR 5/4 Slip: near 5YR 4/3 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile except center floor. Missing over half bottom, most of body on left side, part of right side, edge of rim on left. Part of relief lost on right side of rim. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.103 H00.038 (rim) H00.040 (max) W00.073 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Temple E | |
| Context: | NB128 P119 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E Image: bw 2000 013 24 Basket: NB128 P119 Notebook Page: NB 128, spread 65 (pp. 119 - 120) |
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