Corinth Object: L 1691
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1691
Title:   EARLY ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXI-XXV
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1691
Description:   Lamp with vestigial disk foot, echinoid body, broad flat rim, large concave disk with fill hole at 3:00; fine air hole at base of nozzle; double volutes framing large U-shaped nozzle, small wick hole at tip.
Decoration:   Rim: blurred ovules; disk: Nike (?) facing front, standing on globe, rt. arm outstretch to side, lt. holding palm (?), wearing billowing garment. Brown slip over all.
Mythology:   Nike
Material:   Fine gray-buff clay.
Munsell Color:   Clay: slightly redder than 10YR 6.5/4Slip: near 7.5YR 3/2
Condition:   Complete profile. Seven joining frgts., full profile; ca. half bottom and body, 1/4 rim and disk, all of nozzle. Slight burning on nozzle. Note: in 2000: piece missing from rim, not in drawer.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.029
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.100
Dimensions Restored:   D00.09 (max)
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman
Area:   Forum southwest South Stoa
Context:   NB133 P138
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest South Stoa
Image: bw 2000 013 30
Basket: NB133 P138
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 92 (p. 138)