Corinth Object: L 2882
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2882
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2882
Description:   Lamp with concave bottom, framing groove, wide flaring body, heavy mould joint, narrow shoulder, broad low-sloping rim, groove surrounding small concave disk with central fill hole, large hair hole at base of wick hole, tapering nozzle. Solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: ring of plastic dots, broken by raised rectangular panel in center of each side. Plain disk.
Writing:   inscribed. ? Possible illegible signature on bottom. . Y = KY ?
Material:   Fine brown clay with frequent fine white and sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 5/5
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.091 H00.045 (max) H00.028 (rim) W00.072
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB126 P27
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 037 06
Basket: NB126 P27
Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 18 (pp. 26 - 27)