| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KL 46 | |
| Title: | HANDMADE LAMP | |
| Category: | Lamps | |
| Category Code: | KL | |
| Object Number: | 46 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flattened bottom, globular body curving into oblique lip. Large fill hole. Bridge composed of arching strap of clay, large nozzle, as deep as body, slightly pinched to form large wick hole. | |
| Material: | Coarse pale pinkish buff clay, to brown at core, with 2-3% fine to small red mudstone inclusions, some lime. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 8/3 ; core 7.5YR 6/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for handle. Heavy burning on bridge and nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.025 (rim) H00.032 (max) D00.057 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.070 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB108 P153 | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory. | |
| Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 43, p. 259 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952 Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 6479 Basket: NB108 P153 Notebook Page: NB 108, spread 77 (pp. 152 - 153) |
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