Corinth Object: L 2893
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2893
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2893
Description:   Lamp with recessed bottom, flaring body, flange at mould joint, broad rim framed by ridge, ridge surrounding concave disk with central fill hole, pointed nozzle, wick hole impinges on disk, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: faintly impressed tongues; disk plain; handle: 1 groove.
Material:   Moderately coarse red clay with common fine to small white and black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 4/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile except for center of bottom; Otherwise intact; faint burning around nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.081 H00.041 (max) H00.027 (rim) 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 17
Basket: NB133 P162