Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2013 1 | |
Title: | ATTIC POST-GLAZING CHIONIS LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Year: | 2013 | |
Object Number: | 1 | |
Description: | Mouldmade lamp with flat bottom, echinoid body. Cf. Karavieri Cat. No. 78 (p.186), L 4572, L 4574. | |
Decoration: | Self-slipped on exterior. | |
Writing: | graffito. On base, within three almond shape grooves: ΧΙΟΝΗΣ. Cf. L 4572, L 4574. | |
Material: | Fine reddish brown clay with common white, medium, subrounded, platy inclusions and few small voids | |
Munsell Color: | Exterior: 5YR 5/4 (reddish brown), Interior: 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. 2 joining fragments preserve 1/3 of base and side, surface pitted | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Karivieri (1996, p. 143) dates the workshop to 2/4 5th-1/2 6th, the parallel to 2/2 5th c. CE. Corinth examples dated to late 4th c. CE (Slane, Corinth 18.2, pp. 20-21). | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 1058, LOT 2013 007 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 0893 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1058 |