Corinth Object: L 2911
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2911
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2911
Description:   Small leaf-shaped lamp with flaring body, broad rim, shallow concave disk framed by groove, probably central fill hole; air hole at base of large wick hole in tapering nozzle; lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk plain ?
Material:   Gritty light red clay with frequent fine red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 2.5YR 5/6 and 5YR 5/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving nearly complete profile except for bottom; 1/4 body, all of top except for center of disk, missing top of handle; burning on nozzle; surface flaking.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.064 W00.045
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.023
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Lerna, 1932, exact provenance unknown
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 040 09a
Basket: Asklepieion, Lerna, 1932, exact provenance unknown