Corinth Object: L 2874
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2874
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2874
Old Number:   Temp. No. 0105
Description:   Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, deep flaring body, pronounced mould joint, low sloping rim, ridge surrounding concave disk with central fill hole surrounded by faint ring, air hole at base of wick hole, nozzle enclosed in body, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: impressed branch, 2 framing grooves; rim: herrringbone; disk plain except for 3 dotted circles at edge of disk at base of handle, dotted circle on either side of air hole. Handle: 2 grooves.
Material:   Semi-fine micaceous clay with rare fine white inclusions, fired light brown to red.
Munsell Color:   5YR 4/6 to slightly yellower than 7.5YR 5/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.084 H00.043 (max) H00.033 (rim) W00.060
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P184
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 037 12
Basket: NB122 P184