Corinth Object: L 2013 16a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2013 16a
Title:   LATE ROMAN CORINTHIAN IMITATION OF ATTIC CIRCULAR LAMP
Category Code:   L
Year:   2013
Object Number:   16
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   L 2013 16B
Description:   Moldmade terracotta lamp, Broneer Type XXVIII, with circular, concave bottom, convex body, wide horizontal rim, concave disk, nozzle with circular wick hole with raised edge, air hole next to nozzle.
Decoration:   On rim, raised dots on exterior edge, beaded line on interior edge forming beaded tongues which are inserted after every four dots, rosette on disk.
Material:   Hard fired light red clay with common large white inclusions, laminar breaks, no slip
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 6/6 (light red)
Condition:   Fragment. Three fragments, joining, preserving entire nozzle, 40% of rim, and 15% of disk.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.077, W. 0.064
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Early 6th (?) c. Cf. L 1969-340 from Fountain of the Lamps.
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 0842
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080