| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | L 1600 |
| Title: | | LATE ROMAN LAMP, BRONEER TYPE XXVIII |
| Category Code: | | L |
| Object Number: | | 1600 |
| Description: | | Lamp with slightly concave bottom, offset by circumference groove, vertical sides. broad flat rim with 2 grooves surrounding large concave disk with 6 small off-center fill holes in a circle; air hole with narrow channel leading to wick hole. Pierced vertical lug handle. |
| Decoration: | | Rim: at 3:00 and 9:00 3 bars flanked by dotted circles; dotted circle to either side of handle, one with 2 grooves to either side of wick hole, circle to either side of air hole. disk: Constantinian monogram, chi-rho with loop to rt., dots in ends of all arms. Handle: 2 grooves to base. |
| Writing: | | inscribed. Inscribed on bottom, in mould: XIO/NHS : Chiones with small dotted O and lunate sigma |
| Material: | | Hard-fired reddish to grayish tan, with numerous tiny sparkling inclusions, fewer white, voids. |
| Munsell Color: | | 10YR 6/3 to 7.5YR 6/4 |
| Condition: | | Complete profile. Intact except for nozzle; burning around nozzle base. |
| Manufacture: | | MM |
| Dimensions Actual: | | H00.039 (max) H00.028-033 (rim) D00.071 |
| Dimensions Preserved: | | L00.107 |
| Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) |
| Chronology: | | 2nd half 4th c. A.C. (Agora VII) |
| Area: | | Temple E |
| Context: | | NB129 P10 |
| Bibliography: | | Cited Agora VII P56 |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Temple E
Basket: NB129 P10
Notebook Page: NB 129, spread 10 (pp. 9 - 10)
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