Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2918 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2918 | |
Old Number: | Temp. No. 091 | |
Description: | Leaf-shaped lamp with base ring, flaring body, broad flat rim, square disk with deep central fill hole, narrow channel to large air hole at base of wick hole, tapering nozzle. Solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: cross-formation of impressed circles; rim: wavy lines with impressed circles framing air hole; disk: coarse rays. Handle: herringbone on top, 2 grooves on bottom. | |
Material: | Semi-fine brown clay with common fine white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 5YR 5/5 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Faint burning on nozzle tip. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.091 H00.036 (max) H00.028 (rim) W00.065 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 P173 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 040 23a Basket: NB122 P173 Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 91 (pp. 172 - 173) |