Corinth Object: L 2706
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2706
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2706
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, deep straight flaring body; broad rim with 3 rings, deep concave disk with fill hole set back of center, air hole at edge of disk, nozzle continuous with rim, solid lug handle with mould seam in center.
Decoration:   2 grooves on bottom; rim: plastic rings ending short of nozzle, impressed circle at base of wick hole; disk: shell pattern; impressed circle at base of handle on rim; 3 grooves on top of handle, 1 down back.
Writing:   inscribed. Illeg. signature on bottom.
Material:   Semi-fine brown clay with frequent fine white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 5/6 and 5YR 5/6
Condition:   Missing parts. Intact except for hole in bottom; heavy burning on front half of lamp.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.093 H00.043 (max) H00.035 (rim) W00.069
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P162
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 035 20
Basket: NB133 P162