Corinth Object: KL 40
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 40
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE VII
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   40
Description:   Lamp with low disk foot, deep globular body, flat down-sloping rim with broad shallow, scraped groove at edge. Small fill hole, hump on floor. Long nozzle, flat on top with small wick hole at tip. No handle.
Decoration:   Glaze fired red to black over all but groove.
Material:   Fine clay fired buff to bright pink with less than 2% fine red mudstone inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Near 5YR 7/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Intact except for tip and lower half of nozzle. Glaze worn. Burning on nozzle and on break.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.033 D00.038 (foot) D00.058 (max)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.082
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   2nd half 4th c. BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P45
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory. Court.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 83, p. 265
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Basket: NB114 P45
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 27 (pp. 44 - 45)