| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | KL 160 |
| Title: | | MINIATURE LAMP |
| Category: | | Lamps |
| Category Code: | | KL |
| Object Number: | | 160 |
| Description: | | Miniature lamp with very low disc base with flat underside (lump of clay attached accidentally). Convex walls, inturned rim with rounded lip. Filling hole slightly misshapen. Wick hole slightly removed from rim and off centered. Attachments for horizontal strap handle. |
| Decoration: | | String marks on base. Visible fingerprints near nozzle. Black glaze over all. |
| Material: | | Fine very pale brown clay with rare inclusions and few small voids. |
| Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown) |
| Condition: | | Missing parts. Complete except for missing handle. Glaze poorly preserved. |
| Manufacture: | | WM |
| Period: | | 5th c. B.C. |
| Chronology: | | Likely late 5th c. B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) |
| Area: | | Potters' Quarter |
| Context: | | NB114 P86 |
| Provenance: | | Corinth |
| Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. Trench XX, west of north-south wall. |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 49 (pp. 86 - 87)
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