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) |