| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2013 14 | |
| Title: | LATE ROMAN ASIA MINOR LAMP WITH SIGNATURE | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 2013 | |
| Object Number: | 14 | |
| Description: | Moldmade terracotta lamp, Broneer Type XXIX Group 1. Round base with raised base ring, convex body, sloping rim, handle continues onto body of lamp. Poor seam line between molds, attempted to smooth with spatula or other device. Cf. Broneer, Corinth 4.2, cat. 1415. | |
| Decoration: | Rays on rim, two transverse grooves on handle on body. | |
| Writing: | stamp and inscribed. Raised signature written clockwise around circular base, transferred to the lamp from being scratched in the mold, two-thirds preserved. Broneer reconstructs as ΘΑΥΜΑCIC (Corinth 4.2, cat. 1413-1418); see also Garnett, Hesperia 44.2, fig. 1.24. | |
| Material: | Hard, reddish yellow clay with common white inclusions, micaceous, no slip, granular breaks. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 1 fragment, preserving half of base and small part of handle and rim, with nothing of disk or nozzle. Partially broken along mold seam. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. base 0.032 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.060, H. 0.034, W. 0.051 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late 5th-early 6th (?) c., Garnett, Hesperia 44.2, cat. 33-34. Cf. also Broneer, Corinth 4.2, cat. 1413-1417 (1415-1417 particularly close and could be from same mold series); Agora 7, cat. 362-363 (7th c.) | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 0839 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080 |
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