| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2005 7 | |
| Title: | MULTIPLE LAMP | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 7 | |
| Description: | Miniature lamps attached on a flat polygonal base; base has straight sides, lamps are attached around the edge of the base, touching each other, leaving the center empty, their nozzles towards the edge; lamps have fairly deep rounded bodies, short nozzles crudely attached to body causing misshapened rims. Similar to KL 138 (Corinth XV.2, p. 267, no. 96, pl. 56). | |
| Material: | Fine pink clay fired reddish yellow at core with rare medium rounded white lime, rare small round black and red inclusions, few fine sparkling inclusions, and rare voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 7.5 YR 8/3 (pink), Core: 5 YR 6/8 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining frgts preserving three complete miniature lamps attached to small part of a base broken on two of five sides. Lumps of clay left on base and at edges. | |
| Manufacture: | HW | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. base with lamp 0.029, H. of lamp 0.018, L. of lamp 0.044, Diam. of rim of lamp 0.025 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. of base 0.095, W. of base 0.055 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | 3/4 of the 4th c. B.C (Corinth XV.2, p. 267, nos. 95, 96). | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Context: | NB972 B12 P27, LOT 2005 006 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 2005 023 32a Basket: NB972 B12 P27 |
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