Corinth Object: L 2844
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2844
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2844
Description:   Lamp with base ring, convex body turning up vertically to broad flat rim, plasting ring surrounding concave disk with central fill hole, narrow channel to sick hole with incompletely pressed air hole; long nozzle, raised rim around wick hole. Solid tall lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk: rayed.
Material:   Hard-fired somewhat coarse red-brown clay with common fine white inclusions, fewer dark, some voids and sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 4/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact, burning on nozzle
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.096 H00.045 (max) H00.027 (rim) W00.060
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P162
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 037 32
Basket: NB133 P162