Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2642 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXV | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2642 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat bottom offset by groove, echinoid body, broad low-sloping rim, deep concave disk offset by groove, small air hole at base of nozzle, projecting nozzle, flat on top around small wick hole. Pierced lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Red slip over all. Rim and disk plain. 2 grooves on handle top. | |
Material: | Fine pinkish tan clay with some mica. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for large hole in right side; heavily encrusted. Burning on tip and right side of rim. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.052 (max) H00.032 (rim) L00.098 W00.064 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown. "Z" written on lamp | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 038 26 Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown. "Z" written on lamp |