Corinth Object: KL 58
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 58
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE I
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   58
Description:   Lamp with rounded bottom, ovoid body with max. diam. below median, narrow flat rim, overhanging on exterior and only slightly so on interior; large nozzle with wick hole that doesn't impinge on rim. For body-rim profile see Stillwell 1952, Corinth15.2, cat. 28, IB3.
Decoration:   Glazed over all, fired red in front half, black in back.
Material:   Fine pale pinkish buff clay.
Munsell Color:   Slightly redder than 10YR 7/4 (chip)
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete profile except center of bottom; ca. 1/3 circumference of right side of lamp, right half of nozzle except tip. Burning on floor of nozzle and on break.
Manufacture:   HM ?
Dimensions Actual:   D00.058-00.06 (rim) D00.045-00.05 (fill hole)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.019 L00.067
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 7th-early 6th c.
Area:   Provenance Unknown
Context:   Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Provenance Unknown
Image: bw 2001 023 27
Basket: Provenance Unknown, Exact provenance unknown