Corinth Object: L 2943
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2943
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2943
Description:   Lamp wtih leaf-shaped bottom, originally flat but dented, straight flaring body, heavy mould joint, broad flat rim, concave square disk framed by groove with 3 fill holes in 3 arms of cross, channel with air hole to small wick hole, tapered nozzle, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: possible incised branch, 2 grooves; rim: ring of raised dots, lines flanking handle, concentric arcs framing channel; disk: small cross wtih flaring tips, incised outline of arms.
Material:   Semi-fine red-brown clay with fine white, some black, sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5Yr 5/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact; burning on nozzle, rim.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.081 H00.038 (max) H00.026 (rim)
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 05
Basket: NB122
Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 20 (pp. 30 - 31)