Corinth Object: L 2951
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2951
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2951
Description:   Lamp with leaf-shaped flat bottom, straight flaring body, heavy mould joint, angular shoulder, flat rim, square concave disk with 3 fill holes, channel to wick hole, tapering nozzle, solid lug handle, top and bottom askew.
Decoration:   Bottom: incised branch with 2 grooves; rim: triangle of impressed dots on either side of handle base; herringbone framing disk, plain panel framing channel; disk: cross with chavron filler (?), hatched band on top of handle, 2 grooves below
Material:   Semi-fine brown clay with rare sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Yellower than 7.5YR 5/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. intact, no distinct burning.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.083 H00.037 (max) H00.025 (rim) W00.057
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Lerna square: NE written on lamp, possibly NE part
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 01
Basket: Asklepieion, Lerna square: NE written on lamp, possibly NE part