Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KL 167 | |
Title: | MINIATURE LAMP | |
Category: | Lamps | |
Category Code: | KL | |
Object Number: | 167 | |
Description: | Miniature lamp with disc foot, echinoid body, and inturned rim with rounded lip. Long nozzel with squared end, hole sightly off center. Horizontal strap handle originally attached at widest part of body, opposite nozzle. Similar to other lamps from the same deposit, KL 168-176. | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Black glaze over all. | |
Material: | Very fine pale brown clay with rare very fine inclusions and rare voids | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown) | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Complete, except for missing handle. Glaze has some flaking. | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P61 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6. (N.B. Benson confused Deposits 5 and 6 in Corinth 15.3, but the notebooks and Corinth 15.1 make it clear that this is Deposit 6) | |
Bibliography: | Cited in Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 94 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61) |