Corinth Object: KL 173
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 173
Title:   MINIATURE LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   173
Description:   Miniature lamp with flat base, echinoid body and inturned rim with rounded lip. Long, slightly irregular nozzle. Round, horizontal handle attached opposite nozzle rises slightly above rim. Similar to other lamps from the same deposit, KL 167-176.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Black glaze over all.
Material:   Very fine pale brown clay with rare fine inclusions and rare voids
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Black glaze fugitive, but better preserved on interior.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Middle to 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C. (Stillwell 1948, Corinth 15.1, p. 43)
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 Risser 2001, Corinth 7.5, p. 267, cat. 94
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61)