Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 232 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 232 | |
Description: | Type XXVII lamp with channel on rim, groove surrounding shallow concave disk with fill hole to rt. of center. Two channels from disk to nozzle. | |
Decoration: | In relief on disk: Orpheus seated, to rt., holding lyre in lt. hand on knees, rt. with plectrum, head thrown back. Draped in himation covering lt. shoulder, lower torso and legs. Is seated on a rock, with border of animals, from bottom lt., clockwise: ox, horse, deer, snake, crane, dove (?), fox (?), ape, sheep (?) and crab. Last two missing piece. | |
Material: | Fine buff clay with self slip. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., 3/4 disk and small part of rim, base of nozzle. Note: old glue on one edge. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPD00.072 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Context Mid 2nd AC | |
Area: | Forum northwest | |
Context: | NB87 P124 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 703 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Forum northwest Image: bw 1901 Image: digital 2017 0296 Basket: NB87 P124 Notebook Page: NB 87, spread 89 (pp. 168 - 169) |