Corinth Object: L 2896
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2896
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2896
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom in so far as preserved, convex body, broad sloping rim, faint ridge framing deep concave disk, air hole on edge of disk, nozzle enclosed in body. Solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk plain, handle: 2 grooves.
Material:   Semi-fine tan clay with common fine voids, sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile and edge of bottom, over half right side; all of rim except left edge, tip of nozzle. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.037 (max) H00.027 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.068
Dimensions Restored:   W00.056
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Lerna square, provenance unknown. 1932.
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 038 15
Basket: Asklepieion, Lerna square, provenance unknown. 1932.