Corinth Object: L 2918
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)