Corinth Object: KL 157
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 157
Title:   MINIATURE LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   157
Description:   Miniature lamp with flat base only barely distinguished from walls, convex walls, and tapered lip with wide opening. Nipple on interior. Rounded nozzle slighty mishapen underneath. Loop handle projects slightly above shoulder. Similar to KL 163 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 95) from Deposit 4.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Black slip over all. No traces of buringing.
Material:   Fine pale yellow clay with frequent small, subangular inclusions and few fine voids
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Slip poorly preserved.
Manufacture:   WM
Weight Description:   0.018
Weight:   0.018
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 267)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P69
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 5.
Bibliography:   Unpublished
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 39 (pp. 68 - 69)