Corinth Object: L 2815
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2815
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2815
Old Number:   L-XXXX-2714A or B
Description:   Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, steep sides, projecting mould joint, flat rim narrower than lamp, square disk with 2 fill holes at opposite corners, channel to tapering nozzle with large fill hole. Solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: 2 grooves; Rim: floral (?) motif flanking handle, herringbone on sides; disk: dog seated on hind legs, facing lt. Handle: 2 grooves to bottom.
Material:   Semi-fine brown clay with frequent fine to small white inclusins, sparkling ones.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 4/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact; burned around nozzle; blackened surface.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.090 H00.041 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.059
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P172
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 30
Basket: NB133 P172
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 91 (pp. 172 - 173)