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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | L 2898 | | Title: | | MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | | Category Code: | | L | | Object Number: | | 2898 | | Description: | | Mouldmade lamp with flat, circular base bordered by three grooves, deep flaring body flat rim. Two grooves surrounding concave disk, central filling hole. Short channel extends from wick hole to smaller air hole on neck, nozzle incorporated in rim. Broneer fig. 49, type 8. Slight burning on nozzle. | | Decoration: | | Base: trace of incised mark, one vertical and one diagonal stroke, possible 'psi' or star. Below nozzle: incised lines forming a double 'V'. Rim: Moulded decoration, raised dots with dotted squares to indicate panels, Broneer fig. 48, no. 22. Incised curves flank wick hole. disk: traces of three impressed circles at rear, and one to right of air hole. | | Material: | | Hard, red clay, slightly gritty in texture, many white inclusions, Broneer fabric type II for Type XXVIII lamps. | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5YR 5/6 (break) | | Condition: | | Complete profile. Approximately front half of lamp preserved. | | Manufacture: | | MM | | Dimensions Actual: | | H00.033 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L00.074 | | Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | | Area: | | Asklepieion | | Context: | | NB122 P81 | | Provenance: | | Corinth ? | | Site: | | Asklepeion | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB122 P81
Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 45 (pp. 80 - 81)
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