Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1603 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE GREEN-GLAZED LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1603 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat base, shallow saucer with straight flaring body, round lip, folded on two sides opposite each other into unbridged nozzles. Thick short stem above widens intwo second saucer with deep body rising vertically to round lip, pinched on one side; nozzle not preserved but lay in between two below it; stump for continuation of stem. | |
Decoration: | White slip within each saucer and overlapping exterior; glaze fired light green to yellow on upper saucer - inside and over lip. | |
Material: | Moderately fine pinkish buff clay with few fine white inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single fragment, complete except for top of stem, half of each saucer; glaze peeling. No burning. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.061 (base) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.079 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | NB127 P103 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E Image: bw 2000 015 20a Basket: NB127 P103 Notebook Page: NB 129, spread 22 (pp. 33 - 34) |