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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | L 2860 | | Title: | | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | | Category Code: | | L | | Object Number: | | 2860 | | Description: | | Lamp with flat bottom, convex flaring body, heavy mould joint, broad flat rim with groove on exterior and 2 framing disk, concave disk with off-center fill hole, air hole at edge of disk, articulated nozzle with large wick hole. Solid lug handle. | | Decoration: | | Bottom: incised rosette, partly smeared, in a circle, surrounded by herringbone. Rim: impressed circles alternating with crosses, becoming herringbone at base of nozzle; disk: wavy lines impressed at edge only; 2 incised lines framing nozzle. Handle: 2 grooves on top with herringbone, two rows of dots on lower half; at base, 3 impressed circles to either side, 2 incised lines framing either side of underside of nozzle. As L-XXXX 2859. | | Material: | | Semi-fine light brown clay with rare fine white and some sparkling inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 5/4 | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | | Manufacture: | | MM | | Dimensions Actual: | | L00.103 H00.050 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.076 | | 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 01
Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown, 1932
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