Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 282 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 282 | |
Description: | Type XXVII lamp with shallow concave disk. | |
Decoration: | In high relief: youthful Eros riding a dolphin. Eros an older boy, winged, riding to rt. astride dolphin, head turned front; both arms bent, holds pipe (?) in each; dolphin has long arching body and tail, missing head. | |
Mythology: | Eros Dolphin | |
Material: | Fine pale pinkish buff clay. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 10YR 7/4 and 7.5Y 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Five joining frgts. of disk, preserving nearly 3/4 but no edges of disk. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.040 | |
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. 606 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 1868 Image: bw 2000 042 21 |