Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2013 13 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN CORINTHIAN IMITATION OF ATTIC UNGLAZED LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Year: | 2013 | |
Object Number: | 13 | |
Description: | Moldmade, Broneer Type XXVIII lamp with round base, convex body, slightly convex rim, circular concave disk, with framing groove and ring and central fill hole with raised framing ring. Rounded knob handle, unpierced, interrupted at mold seam, but continuing down to the base. | |
Decoration: | Rosette with multiple concave petals on disk, vine on rim (Karivieri 1996, Rim Type 3). Two circular grooves on base. Three transverse grooves above and two below on handle; incised leaf at base of handle. | |
Material: | Hard fired, friable gray clay, fired light reddish brown at core, with laminar breaks, darkened on outside in reducing atmosphere. White inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 5/1 (gray), Core: 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single fragment. Handle end of lamp, with 50% rim, disk, and base preserved; no nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Cf. Karivieri 1996, cat. 248, late 4th c.; Garnett, Hesperia 44.2, cat. 6, with other examples, series dated mid-5th to early 6th c. | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 0843 Image: digital 2013 0844 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080 |