| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2676 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2676 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, vertical body with convex profile, flat rim, concave disk with 4 fill holes in 4 corners of cross, air hole at edge of disk, wick hole framed by 2 grooves, tapering nozzle, partly pierced lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: 2 grooves, impressed circle at top and bottom; rim: herringbone; disk: monogram, rho to rt., impressed circles at tips and center of cross. Handle: 1 groove on bottom half. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Possible signature inscribed on bottom: central vertical stroke, O to rt. below which possible lunate sigma. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine clay fired light red on top to brown on bottom with common fine white, red and sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/7 to 7.5YR 5/3 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile except for center of floor; large hole in bottom, missing top of handle. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.099 H00.032 (rim) W00.069 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB126 P124 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 039 02 Basket: NB126 P124 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 67 (pp. 124 - 125) |
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