Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2950 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2950 | |
Description: | Lamp with leaf-shaped flat bottom, slightly concave flaring body, heavy mould joint, angular shoulder, flat rim, small square concave disk with channel and air hole to wick hole, tapering nozzle, solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: incised branch with 2 grooves; rim: triangle of impressed dots on either side of handle base; herringbone framing disk, concentric arcs framing channel, 3 grooves on top of handle, 2 below with circle on either side of handle base. | |
Material: | Semi-fine dark brown clay with frequent fine white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 4/3.5 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile except for disk; missing all of disk. Burning on nozzle, channel and edges of disk. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.096 H00.041 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.068 | |
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 30a Basket: NB136 P162 |