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 |