Corinth Object: L 2865
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2865
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2865
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, deep straight flaring body, flat rim, deep concave disk with raised ring around top; small central fill hole, 3 smaller ones around disk sides; air hole at base of U-shaped nozzle with wick hole. Solid vertical lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: almond-shaped with incised brance within two grooves; rim: herringbone; disk: plain; Handle: 2 grooves down back to base, interrupted at mould joint.
Material:   Fine hard-fired tan clay with numerous tiny sparkling inclusions, scattered white.
Munsell Color:   Between 5YR 6/6 and 2.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.031 (max) H00.035 (rim) L00.093 D00.064 (max)
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB126 P34
Provenance:   Corinth ?
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB126 P34