Corinth Object: L 4058
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 4058
Title:   CORINTHIAN IMITATION OF N. AFRICAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXXI
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   4058
Description:   Lamp with blurred base ring, very shallow body, broad sunken rim and sunken almond-shaped disk with channel to nozzle, and tall knob handle. Large wickhole, 2 filling holes on disk. Low ridge from base ring to handl.
Decoration:   Jeweled TATA relief on rim; faint traces of bird (?) relief on disk. Cf. Isthmia III, no. 3149, which is slightly smaller but the same series.
Material:   Hard fired reddish brown fabric with moderate tiny white and sparkling inclusions, sparse round dark ones.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete except for end of nozzle and chips from handle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   W00.082 H00.033
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.098
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Second half of 6th c. to 600 (context).
Area:   Baths of Aphrodite
Context:   NB272 P105
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Baths of Aphrodite
Image: bw 2001 020 05
Basket: NB272 P105