Corinth Object: L 2909
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2909
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2909
Description:   Lamp with small flat bottom offset by deep groove, very deep straight flaring body, pared joint, broad low-sloping rim, groove framing deep concave disk with one larger central fill hole surrounded by ring, 4 smaller ones in circumference, pierced lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: 5 impressed dotted circles forming a cross; rim: wavy lines; disk: plain; handle: 2 deep grooves to bottom.
Material:   Hard-fired semi-fine gray-brown clay with frequent sparkling and few fine white inclusions, some voids.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 7.5YR 6/3 and darker
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., complete profile, slightly over half of lamp from edge of disk through handle; burning on disk and rim towards nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.041 (max) H00.036 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.075
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown, 1932
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 040 26a
Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown, 1932