Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1576 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1576 | |
Description: | Somewhat crooked almond-shaped lamp with flat bottom, steep, straight sides, flat rim, slightly concave oval disk with three off-center fill holes, air hole at base of U-shaped nozzle, with wick hole. Solid vertical lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: incised leaf within two, incomplete framing lines, circle at nozzle end, 1 on either side of handle base. Rim: herringbone, somewhat smaller than full width of lamp; disk: cross-monogram with loop open to rt., dot (?) in center of cross, wavy lines on arms. | |
Material: | Hard-fired dark brown clay with common amount of fine white, sparkling inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 5YR 5/6 and 2.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.045 (max) H00.028-00.032 (rim) L00.086D00.059 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | NB127 P184 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E Basket: NB127 P184 Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 97 (pp. 183 - 184) |