Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2851 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2851 | |
Old Number: | Temp. No. 01 | |
Description: | Lamp with slightly concave bottom, deep straight flaring body, broad flat rim, ceep concave disk with central fill hole, disk offset by groove; short nozzle enclosed in body, large wick hole. Solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: 2 grooves; rim: vestigial herringbone, broken in middle by panel with vertical lines (?); disk: rays. No grooves on handle. From worn mould. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Virtually illegible inscription on bottom | |
Material: | Semi-fine tan to light red clay with frequent fine and rare coarse white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/4 to 5YR 4/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for center of fill hole; burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.090 H00.047 (max) H00.032 (rim) W00.072 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB113 P5 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 038 04 Basket: NB113 P5 Notebook Page: NB 113, spread 8 (pp. 4 - 5) |