Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 4871 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 4871 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, straight flaring body, round lip. On interior is small bowl formed from closing floor by inward-sloping wall at mid-height, large fill hole; wall slit at one side for wick hole. Opposite this a vertical loop handle from rim to edge of bowl. | |
Decoration: | Lustrous brown glaze on interior. | |
Material: | Hard-fired red-brown clay, fine sparkling inclusions, numerous voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Two joining frgts., all bottom, half bowl and handle. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.048 D00.033 (bottom) | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.08-00.085 (rim) | |
Period: | Byzantine | |
Chronology: | Byzantine | |
Area: | Lechaion Road Hemicycle | |
Context: | NB88 P86 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Lechaion Road Hemicycle Basket: NB88 P86 Notebook Page: NB 88, spread 47 (pp. 86 - 87) |