| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 271 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 271 | |
| Description: | Lamp with band framing shallow concave disk; fill hole off-center at ca. 4:00 | |
| Decoration: | Disk: at lt. warrior, fully armed, holding long spear in rt. hand, small round shield in lt., decorated with boss and rays, attaked by large crane at rt. Crane pecks at face and grabs one leg with claws. Similar to L-272 (Broneer #655), L-1836, L-1849, and L-1850. | |
| Mythology: | Pygmies and cranes | |
| Material: | Fine pale pinkish tan clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | Near 10YR 6/5 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., edge of rim and 1/3 circumference of upper half of disk, and center. Edge of fill hole at bottom. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.061 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd-3rd c. A.C. | |
| Area: | Early Excavations | |
| Context: | Early Excavations, Provenance unknown | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 654 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 2000 041 16a |
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