Corinth Object: L 2847
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2847
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2847
Description:   Lamp with base ring, shallow echinoid body, projecting flange at mould joint, sloping rim rising to plastic ring surrounding shallow concave disk with central fill hole, edge of wick hole, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: wavy line and filler of raised dots extending to base of nozzle; disk: rays, center of which not impressed; nozzle base: series of 3-4 raised lines; handle: single groove on bottom half.
Material:   Semi-fine red clay with frequent fine to small white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., complete except for nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.033 (max) H00.024 (rim) W00.052
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.068
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Provenance unknown; faint ink nos. on it, unclear
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 27
Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown; faint ink nos. on it, unclear