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 |