Corinth Object: L 2949
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2949
Title:   MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2949
Description:   Mouldmade lamp with flat leaf-shaped base surrounded by double groove, slightly flaring body, broad flat rim, small shallow disk slightly concave, two filling holes. Shallow channel to wick hole. Solid handle with two grooves on top. Ridge extends down from handle to base also with double groove. Burking at wick hole. For shape cf. Broneer, Pl. XIV, no. 1042
Decoration:   Rim: mouldmade decoaration of wavy line and semicircles, cf. Broneer, fig. 48, nos. 6 and 7. disk: raised cross ?
Material:   Hard-fired micaceous fabric, gray on surface and orange-brown at break.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR between 7/0 and 6/0 (surface) 5YR between ;;;7/6 and 6/6 (break)
Condition:   Complete profile. Almost entire, composed of many fragments
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.042 (max) H00.031 (rim) L00.089 D00.063
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB136 P89
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB136 P89
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 49 (pp. 88 - 89)