Corinth Object: L 2831
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