Corinth Object: L 1599
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1599
Title:   LAMP BRONEER XXVIII: SIGNED
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1599
Description:   Lamp with vestigial base ring, flat undersurface, deep flaring body, broad flat rim, shallow concave disk framed by groove; at least 1 small fill hole at 9:00; large air hole at edge of disk, tapering nozzle framed by grooves; lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk: chi-rho monogram. Unglazed.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on bottom, Greek: XIO/NHS with square lunate sigma; N and H incompletely impressed.
Material:   Hard light red-brown clay with frequent fine lime inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Near 7.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., full profile; all of body, ca. 1/2+ rim, disk; all nozzle; base of handle. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.032 W00.065
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.086
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late 4th to 5th c.
Area:   Temple E
Context:   NB127 P101
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple E
Image: bw 2000 015 35a
Basket: NB127 P101
Notebook Page: NB 129, spread 21 (pp. 31 - 32)