Corinth Object: L 2838
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2838
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2838
Description:   Slightly concave bottom, deep straight flaring body, turning out slightly to prominent mould seam, sloping shoulder, broad flat rim, concave disk, air hole at edge of disk, solid lug handle, top and bottom of which askew.
Decoration:   Rim: illegible; disk: round-tipped rosette. Handle: 2 grooves.
Material:   Semi-fine tan clay with frequent fine white inclusions, fewer black.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 5/5 and 10YR 5/5
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile except for center of disk. Missing tip of nozzle. Burning around wick hole. Encrusted.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.046 (max) H00.035 (rim) W00.070
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.078
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Provenance unknown; 1933
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 037 35
Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown; 1933