Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2845 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2845 | |
Description: | Lamp with top of steep body, broad flat rim, raised ring surrounding concave disk with central fill hole, ring continuing to form frame for channel and surrounding wick hole, large air hole at base of channel, solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Rim: herringbone interrupted by panel with spiral; disk: rays. | |
Material: | Semi-fine brown clay with frequent fine to small white, red inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 7.5YR 5/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving complete top of lamp except for left edge of rim, small part of body. Slight burning on wick hole. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.086 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.031 (max) | |
Dimensions Restored: | W00.062 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | Asklepieion, Provenance unknown, 1932. | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 037 29 Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown, 1932. |