Corinth Object: L 1701
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1701
Title:   BYZANTINE LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXXV
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1701
Description:   Lamp with flat base, straight flaring body, thick round lip. On interior floor a bowl formed by lamp rim tapering from floor to moderate fill hole; wick hole at floor. Opposite it vertical strap handle attached to top of rim and exterior lip.
Decoration:   Clear glaze, going to brown-black where thick, applied to interior.
Material:   Moderately fine clay fired light red to gray with frequent fine round to angular white inclusions, rare small angular red ones.
Munsell Color:   Slightly redder than 7.5YR 5/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile; missing ca. 1/4 rim, small hole in lamp bowl; stumps of handle. Burning on lip by wick hole.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.024 D00.085 (max)
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   Byzantine
Area:   Forum southwest
Context:   NB133 P135
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest
Image: bw 2000 014 06
Basket: NB133 P135
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 89 (p. 135)