| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2017 1 | |
| Title: | AFRICAN RED SLIP LAMP (HAYES TYPE IIB) | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 2017 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Lamp with vertical lug handle and flat top, with stamped decoration on rim framed by ridge on either side (separating rim from disk); belonging to Hayes Type IIB (Broneer XXXI) lamp. | |
| Decoration: | Stamped motif on shoulder of alternating concentric circles and trefoils. One and a half concentric circles stamps flanking one trefoil stamp preserved. Concentric circle motif: Four concentric circles around dot; AfRS Stamp Type 27, in Hayes, 1972, LRP, p. 235; common on Hayes Type II lamps. Trefoil stamp: trefoil "leaves" with three levels of outline, with stem pointing to exterior edge of lamp and two thin lines emerging between other leaves; similar to AfRS Stamp Type 84 (Hayes 1972, p. 245), but with more elongated leaves/petals and lines between other two leaves. Slip: Smooth, light red to red slip characteristic of AfRS, with some pitting on surface. | |
| Material: | Hard fine red to light red clay with rare small voids and spherical angular white and sparking inclusions and granular break. | |
| Munsell Color: | Core: between 10 R 6/6 (light red) and 10R 5/6 (red); Surface slip: between 10R 6/8 (light red) and 10R 5/8 (red) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving handle and portion of shoulder. | |
| Manufacture: | C49 MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.031, L. 0.058 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | ca. 450-550 CE for Hayes Type IIB, according to Hayes 1972, p. 314. | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Context: | Temple E, Southeast, context 1046 | |
| Provenance: | North Africa | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E, Southeast Image: digital 2017 1637 |
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