Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2919 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2919 | |
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 dark brown clay with prob. frequent fine white inclusions, few angular gray and rounded white small inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Redder than 7.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.055 H00.037 (max) H00.029 (rim) W00.062 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 P71 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 040 20a Basket: NB122 P71 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 40 (pp. 70 - 71) |