Corinth Object: L 2940
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2940
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2940
Description:   Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, nearly straight sides, heavy mould joint, narrow shoulder, raised flat rim, ring around concave disk, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: incised branch, 2 grooves, rim: herringbone; disk: monogram, rho to rt.; handle: 2 grooves to bottom.
Material:   Semi-fine light red-brown clay with frequent fine voids, fewer white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile except center of floor and disk; half of lt. side of rim, small part of right, small part of disk, complete handle, ca. 3/5 bottom.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.037 (max) H00.027 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.062
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB136 P105
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 17
Basket: NB136 P105