| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1693 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1693 | |
| Description: | Leaf-shaped lamp with broad flat rim, undefined oval disk, deeply concave, with two fill holes at 2:00 and 7:00; pierced lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: herringbone, with groups of dots with impressed centers framing disk; disk: crude figure in profile to rt., with rt. leg thrown back, rt. arm extended and either holding or overlapping something with vertical incised lines; with other hand holds thyrsos (?) behind back, having large round cross-hatched head, incised wavy lines in background. Handle: 2 grooves. | |
| Material: | Moderately fine, well-compacted tan clay with frequent fine white and fewer fine red inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving half of top of lamp, rim and disk, broken diagonally, handle. Burning on edge of rim near missing nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.084 W00.070 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Middle or Late Roman ? | |
| Area: | Forum southwest | |
| Context: | NB133 P140 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 2000 015 29a Basket: NB133 P140 Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 94 (p. 140) |
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