Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2747 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2747 | |
Description: | Lamp with vestigial base ring offset by grooves, deep convex body, pared mould joint, flat rim, 2 grooves and ring surrounding deep disk with central fill hole; air hole at edge of disk; nozzle as Broneer fig. 49.4; solid lug handle, smeared at mould seam. | |
Decoration: | Rim: panels with hatching, double concentric arcs flanking handle and nozzle, 2 grooves framing nozzle. Handle: 3 grooves to base. Dull red glaze over all. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on bottom: E | |
Material: | Fine light red clay with frequent fine red, fewer white inclusions, some voids. | |
Munsell Color: | clay: 5YR 5/6 Glaze: near 2.5YR 4/8 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete except for nozzle and adjoining right side. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.042 (max) H00.032 (rim) W00.062 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.081 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 4th c. ? | |
Area: | Provenance Unknown | |
Context: | Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown except year, 1932. Prob. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Provenance Unknown Image: bw 1999 040 03a Basket: Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown except year, 1932. Prob. |