Corinth Object: KL 42
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 42
Title:   ARCHAIC HANDMADE LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   42
Description:   Rectangular lamp with flat bottom, vertical body with flat rim no thicker than body, long, bridged nozzle, as deep as body is high, with large wick hole set well away from rim.
Material:   Very fine, well-compacted clay fired buff to grayish buff, with single lime inclusion.
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile, right front quarter and floor, right half of nozzle. Chip in underside of nozzle. Nozzle burned.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.031
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.078 W00.051
Dimensions Restored:   W00.075-00.08
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 7th or early 6th c. B.C.
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   Potters' Quarter, Road Deposit
    NB108 P119
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Road Deposit.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 2, p. 253
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6481
Basket: NB108 P119
Basket: Potters' Quarter, Road Deposit
Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 64 (pp. 118 - 119)