Corinth Object: L 4156
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 4156
Title:   BLISTER WARE LAMP BRONEER TYPE VII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   4156
Description:   Lamp with low false ring foot, concave undersurface, globular body, convex disk, large central fill hole, long nozzle with flat top, and small, pierced lug handle on top of side to left of nozzle. Similar to L-58 (Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 136), Isthmia 3, cat. 138-1399, and Agora 4, type 28A, cat. 397.
Decoration:   Dark gray (5Y 4/1) slip over entire exterior, incised ring around disk.
Material:   Semi-coarse dark gray clay with few small, rounded black inclusions, few large to very large, angular, spherical inclusions and frequent angular, tabular voids
Munsell Color:   5Y 4/1 (dark gray), a thin core of 10R 4/4 (weak red), and some exposed, unslipped parts of surface 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Complete profile. Many frgts., including many small sherds toward back, mended into nearly complete form; small hole in back, and end of nozzle missing.
Manufacture:   C27 HW
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.039, L. 0.089, Diam. of body 0.069, Diam. of foot 0.042
Weight Description:   0.095
Weight:   0.095
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   Probably c. 300-275 B.C.
Area:   Forum
Context:   NB229 B2 P160, LOT 0654
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum
Basket: NB229 B2 P160
Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 85 (pp. 160 - 161)