Corinth Object: L 1603
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)