Corinth Object: L 2877
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2877
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2877
Description:   Lamp with slightly concave bottom, straight flaring body, flat rim, unarticulated concave disk with central fill hole, nozzle enclosed in body, large wick hole. Solid lug handle. Lamp lopsided.
Decoration:   Rim: ring of plastic lozenges, running off edge of rim on rt. side; disk: rosette with round tips.
Material:   Semi-fine red clay with few fine white and red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 5YR 5/6 and 7.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Intact except for hole in disk; handle chipped. Burning on nozzle and around fill hole.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.078 H00.039 (max) H00.023-00.028 W00.059
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P162
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 037 18
Basket: NB133 P162