Corinth Object: KL 179
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 179
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE I
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   179
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, flaring body with max. diam. at 0.014, from which contracts with straight profile to base of narrow flat rim, projecting slightly on exterior and interior. Horizontal double loop handle set on body and tilted above rim.
Decoration:   Red glaze over all.
Material:   Hard-fired red clay with tan streak at core, 1% fine voids, lime inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining frgts., preserving complete profile; back quarter of lamp, complete handle; glaze peeling.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.027 (max) H00.020 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.056
Dimensions Restored:   D00.07-00.075 (max)
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 7th-early 6th c. B.C.
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB106 P95
Provenance:   Corinth ?
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Well I.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6480
Basket: NB106 P95