| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2013 6a | |
| Title: | LATE ROMAN CIRCULAR LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXXII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 2013 | |
| Object Number: | 6 | |
| Object Suffix: | a | |
| Related Objects: | L 2013 6B, L 2013 6C | |
| Description: | Moldmade, Broneer Type XXXII lamp. Raised circular ring as base, echinoid body, wide, beveled to angled shoulder, circular, concave disk, with central filling hole with framing ring, conical handle, unpierced. | |
| Decoration: | On disk, row of four dolphins encircling filling hole, butterflies on rim with two-lobed wings and antennae, divided by rays. Three parallel lines of filigree pattern on base (resembling the butterflies) set within raised ring, oriented on line of handle to nozzle. | |
| Material: | Hard, fine, reddish yellow clay with rare rounded white inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); burned areas 5 YR 4/1 (dark grey) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Several joining fragments preserve base, 2/3 body, 1/3 shoulder. Missing nozzle and disk. Burned on one half towards nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | mid-6th century? Copy of South Italian type. Based on shape; no parallels for decoration or base insignia found. Cf. Garnett, Hesperia 44.2, cat. 36-38. | |
| 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 0858 Image: digital 2013 0859 Image: digital 2013 0860 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080 |
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