Corinth Object: L 4867
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 4867
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   4867
Description:   Lamp with concave low disk base, straight flaring body curving up to broad, sloping rim, deeply concave disk offset by ridge and groove, small off-center fill hole, tiny slit air-hole at base of nozzle. Volute nozzle, U-shaped at end. Vertical pierced lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: ovules; disk: frontal bust of Helios, below which half-moon (?) with star at either tip. Metallic red-brown slip over all.
Mythology:   Helios
Material:   Fine buff sandy clay.
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact except for slight chip on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.049 (max) H00.030 (rim) L00.129 D00.079
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   1st c. A.C.
Area:   North of Temple Hill
Context:   NB110 P209
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: North of Temple Hill
Basket: NB110 P209