Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1607 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN LAMP, BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1607 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat, almond-shaped bottom, deep flaring convex body, broad flat rim, deep concave disk, surrounded by ring, central fill hole, framed by 3 smaller ones. Small air hole in edge of rim, with V-shaped bars framing base of wick hole and U-shaped nozzle. Pierced vertical lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: inscribed leaf with V at base of handle. Rim: herringbone, with dotted circles flanking handle and nozzle. disk plain. Handle: 2 grooves to base. | |
Material: | Hard-fired red clay with sparkling, tiny white inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/4 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Four joining frgts., complete except for tiny chip in wick hole; considerable burning around nozzle, blackening on left half rim, body. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.039 (max) H00.033 (rim) L00.080 D00.057 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 4th c. | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | NB129 P10 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E Basket: NB129 P10 Notebook Page: NB 129, spread 10 (pp. 9 - 10) |