Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2908 | |
Title: | MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXIX GROUP 4 | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2908 | |
Description: | Mouldmade lamp with disk base, slightly concave, surrounded by groove. Convex body, two halves of lamp crudely joined. Sloping rim, slightly raised collar around deep, concave disk with central filling hole. Wick hole on projecting nozzle surrounded by raised band. Solid handle with two grooves on top. Ridge extends down from handle to base with double groove, while groove surrounding base extends up either side of ridge. Webbing at nozzle and handle. Burning at wick hole and along left side of lamp. | |
Decoration: | Impressed dots on rim and disk. | |
Material: | Hard-fired reddish brown clay with mica and many white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 2.5YR 6/6 and 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for small section broken away at bottom. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.039 (max) H00.028 (rim) L00.087 D00.054 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 P65 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB122 P65 Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 37 (pp. 64 - 65) |