Corinth Object: L 4871
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)