Corinth Object: L 2997
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2997
Title:   MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXIX GROUP 1
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2997
Description:   Mouldmade pear-shaped lamp with slightly concave base and base ring. Double raised lines rise up on either side beneath nozzle. Convex body and broad convex rim, small collar around filling hole. Rounded nozzle. Solid, vertical handle and rib extending down to base with two grooves on it. Burningat front part of lamp.
Decoration:   Rim: mouldmade tongue pattern radiating from central collar.
Writing:   stamp. Raised letters arranged in a circle on base forming uncertain word.
Material:   Hard-fired brick red clay with mica and small white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 6/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.050 (max) H00.035 (rim) L00.098 D00.060
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB136 P85
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB136 P85
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 47 (p. 85)
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 86 (pp. 162 - 163)