Corinth Object: KL 78
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 78
Title:   ATTIC LAMP HOWLAND TYPE 24A
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   78
Description:   Lamp with vertical ring foot, convex undersurface, globular body curving in to narrow rim with plastic ring and thin flat lip surrounding large fill hole. Stump of nozzle. Horizontal loop handle set on body at max. diam.
Decoration:   Lustrous black glaze over all, except resting surface, narrow reserved ring on undersurface just inside foot, handle roots; lip of rim reserved except for black glaze stripe at very edge.
Material:   Fine clay fired gray-brown.
Munsell Color:   10YR 5/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Four joining frgts., preserving complete profile; nearly half foot, complete body, 3/4 rim (complete circle preserved), stump of nozzle and handle.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.026 D00.067 (max) D00.036 (fill hole)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.073
Dimensions Restored:   D00,045 (foot)
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Chronology:   late 3rd to 4th quarter 5th c. BCE
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   Potters' Quarter, Road Deposit
Provenance:   Attica
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Road Deposit.
Bibliography:   Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 72, p. 264
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952
Monument: Potters' Quarter
Image: bw 6479
Image: bw 2001 022 28
Basket: Potters' Quarter, Road Deposit