| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2928 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2928 | |
| Old Number: | L-XXXX-2697c (lapsed) | |
| Description: | Lamp with base ring, straight flaring body, angular shoulder, narrow flat rim, ring framing shallow concave disk with 2 fill holes on horizontal axis, imperfectly punched air hole at edge of disk, nozzle enclosed in body with small wick hole. Solid lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: illegible pattern of triangles; rim: herringbone; disk: monogram with faint rho to lt., bar on either side of wick hole. Band of hatching on top of handle, 2 faint grooves on lower half. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine red clay with frequent voids, fine white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 4.5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact except for thin flange along edge of rim on right side; burning on nozzle, half body, handle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.086 H00.039 (max) H00.029 (rim) W00.064 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB136 P162 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 040 34a Basket: NB136 P162 |
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