Corinth Object: L 278
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 278
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   278
Description:   Lamp with shallow concave disk, small offcenter fill hole at ca. 9:00.
Decoration:   Disk: in high relief, Eros moving rt., head turned back, rt. arm down at side holding something, lt. at chest holding cloak ? in which are fruit? A stippled band around neck. According to FIB: Eros wearing a lion's skin.
Mythology:   Eros
Material:   Fine pinkish tan clay.
Munsell Color:   Near 7.5YR 6/5
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of disk, edge of fill hole; no frame of disk.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.038
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   2nd-early 3rd c. A.C.
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 611
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b
Monument: Early Excavations
Image: bw 1868
Image: bw 2000 042 15