Corinth Object: L 2906
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2906
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2906
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, deep echinoid body, broad rim, concave disk with central fill hole, air hole at edge of disk, pierced lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: grape and vine ?. disk: plain ?
Material:   Semi-fine light pinkish-tan clay with frequent fine red, white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Pinkier than 7.5YR 6/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Six joining frgts., preserving complete excpet for part of rim on right side and nozzle; glue on break of nozzle. Completely encrusted with lime.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.049 (max) H00.036 (rim) W00.078
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.097
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown, 1933
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 040 28a
Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown, 1933