Corinth Object: KL 161
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 161
Title:   MINIATURE LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   161
Description:   Miniature lamp with flat bottom, convex walls, inturned rim with tapered lip. Filling hole is slightly misshapen. Blunt rounded nozzle with wick hole slightly removed from rim. Attachments for horizontal handle.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Black glaze over all, fired partly red.
Material:   Fine, very pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare fine voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Missing parts. Complete except for missing handle.
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)