Corinth Object: L 1729
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1729
Title:   EARLY ROMAN GLAZED LAMP
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1729
Description:   Lamp with echinoid body curving up to broad sloping rim, start of deep concave disk. Pierced vertical lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: impressed tongues; disk: rays; handle: 2 grooves on top, plain below. Dull brown slip over all.
Material:   Fine light brown clay with fine voids.
Munsell Color:   Slilghtly redder than 10YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving 1/4 body, rim and disk except for center, upper 2/3 handle. Glaze worn.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.045 (max) H00.027 (rim)
Dimensions Restored:   D00.08 (max)
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman
Area:   Forum southwest
Context:   NB133 P147
Provenance:   Corinth ?
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest
Image: bw 2000 013 15
Basket: NB133 P147
Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 99 (pp. 147 - 148)