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) |