Corinth Object: L 2891
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2891
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2891
Description:   Lamp with straight flaring body, rounded shoulder, flat rim, groove framing concave disk with central fill hole; air hole at base of nozzle, with narrow channel to wick hole, groove on either side of nozzle. Solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: Herringbone; Handle: 2 grooves to bottom.
Material:   Semi-fine tan clay with frequent fine red and fewer white inclusions; clay fired gray at core.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving most of lt. side of body, rim, disk, half nozzle, all handle. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.081 H00.04 (max) H00.027 (rim)
Dimensions Restored:   W00.054
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 038 14
Basket: Asklepieion, Provenance unknown. 1932