Corinth Object: L 282
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