Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1712 | |
Title: | NORTH AFRICAN TYPE LAMP BRONEER XXXI | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1712 | |
Description: | Lamp with base ring, flaring echinoid body, angular shoulder, flat rim set well in from shoulder, framed by ring, edge of shallow disk with channel with large wick hole to nozzle, long nozzle, large wick hole at tip. Solid tapering lug handle projecting from rim, below, rib to base ring. | |
Decoration: | Rim: herringbone. | |
Material: | Moderately fine reddish-brown clay with frequent fine white and sparkling inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 5YR 5/6 Slip: near 5YR 4/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for center disk, half of top of nozzle. Heavy burning on nozzle, over break, and onto disk. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.105 H00.036 (rim) H00.051 (max) W00.07 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 6th c. | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | NB133 P132 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 2000 013 02 Basket: NB133 P132 Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 86 (pp. 131 - 132) |