Corinth Object: KL 74
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 74
Title:   ARCHAIC 'COCKED HAT' LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   74
Description:   Lamp with flat, string-cut base, wide flaring body, continuing into flaring rim turned out on side and back, and pulled up vertically to right of nozzle; rim sharply articulated from body on interior. Rim also pulled vertically, then pinched to form unbridged nozzle.
Decoration:   Glaze fired red on interior floor and body, and nozzle.
Material:   Fine clay fired pale yellow to pink on interior surface, with several coarse voids around bottom.
Munsell Color:   2.5Y 8/2
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving right half of lamp, full proifle, less than half of nozzle. Glaze worn.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.022-00.030
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.082
Period:   Archaic (7th-6th c.)
Chronology:   late 7th-early 6th c.
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   Potters' Quarter, From Northwest Angle Deposit
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Northwest Angle Deposit.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 1, p. 253
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6481
Basket: Potters' Quarter, From Northwest Angle Deposit