Corinth Object: L 4200
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 4200
Title:   BRONEER TYPE IV MINIATURE LAMP
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   4200
Description:   Miniature lamp, Broneer Type IV, with flat round bottom, convex body curving into rounded horizontal rim, large fill hole, short rounded nozzle, large wick hole, small horizontal strap handle. Additional clay added to nozzle. Roughly made with clay bunched on bottom. Fingerprints on nozzle. Similar to Broneer Type IV lamps and specifically to T1876 (Corinth 13 p. 276 no. 431-3 pl. 71) and T2643 (Corinth 13 p. 281 no. 450-4 pl.75).
Decoration:   Reddish-black glaze overall.
Material:   Fine pink clay with few fine sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 8/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete with some chips on rim. Incrusted.
Manufacture:   HW
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   Type IV lamps 6th-4th c. B.C., Late 5th to early 4th c. BC, based on Corinth 13 Grave no. 431-3
Area:   Kokkinovrysi
Context:   NB232 B2 P143, LOT 0864
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Kokkinovrysi Figurine Deposit
Site:   Kokkinovrysi
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Kokkinovrysi
Images (4)
Basket: NB232 B2 P143
Notebook Page: NB 232, spread 76 (pp. 142 - 143)