| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1584 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1584 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flaring body, pared mould seam, broad flt rim, shallow concave disk surrounded by 2 rings, with small fill hole off-center at 3:00. Small hair hole in rings, raised panel around wick hole, framed by grooves, solid lug handle partly pierced. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: herringbone, broken by panel with herringbone; disk: baby Eros, ascending steps to an altar to rt., blowing a flute. Handle: 3 grooves on top, 2 on bottom. | |
| Mythology: | Eros | |
| Material: | Moderately fine light brown clay with frequent fine brown inclusions, fewer white. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Right half of lamp top and upper body, complete handle, nozzle except for tip. Heavy burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.029 (rim) H00.038 (max) L00.093 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.08-00.085 (max) | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 4th century A.C. ? | |
| Area: | Temple E | |
| Context: | NB128 P101 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E Image: bw 2000 013 20 Basket: NB128 P101 Notebook Page: NB 128, spread 56 (pp. 101 - 102) |
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