Corinth Object: L 1698
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1698
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII: DISK, RIM
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1698
Description:   Lamp with broad, nearly flat rim, oval disk, surrounded by faint ring, slightly concave with 2 fill holes on vertical axis of disk; nozzle enclosed in rim, large wick hole, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: wavy lines; disk: quadruped facing lt., with long nose, front legs straight, back bent, tail up, furry body. Traces of 2 grooves on handle.
Material:   Moderately fine brown clay with common fine sparkling inclusions, fewer fine white, laminating fractures.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 5/4 and 5YR 5/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., all of top of lamp. Burning on nozzle; surfaces worn.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.082 H00.026 W00.059
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Forum southwest South Stoa
Context:   NB133 P136
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest South Stoa
Image: bw 2000 015 34a
Basket: NB133 P136
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 90 (p. 136)