Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2831 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2831 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, deep flaring body, broad sloping shoulder, deep concave disk with small central fill hole, solid lug handle, 2 parts askew. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: 2 framing grooves, impressed circle on either side of handle base; rim: herringbone; disk: rosette with round petals; handle: band of hatching on top, 2 grooves on lower half with groove offsetting sides of handle. | |
Material: | Semi-fine red-brown clay with frequent sparkling inclusions, fewer coarse voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 7.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile except center of floor, bit of bottom at handle base, half of left side, small part of right side, half rim and disk, all handle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.046 (max) H00.036 (rim) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.061 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | Asklepieion, Provenance unknown, found 1932 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 037 25 Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown, found 1932 |