| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2793 | |
| Title: | LAMP | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2793 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, flaring body, broad flat rim set in from edge of mould, shallow concave disk framed by plastic ring, 2 fill hole on horizontal axis of lamp, air hole at edge of disk, nozzle enclosed in body, large wick hole; solid lug handle, prominent seam. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: 2 circumference grooves; rim: herringbone; disk: diagonal cross with vertical leg as Broneer fig. 52.7; 2 grooves on handle. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on bottom: Greek: | |
| Material: | Semi-fine red clay with frequent fine white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.087 H00.041 (max) H00.030 (rim) W00.066 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Context mid 7th c. | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB136 P162 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 036 15 Basket: NB136 P162 |
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