Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1642 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII DISK: PERSEUS | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1642 | |
Description: | Type XXVII lamp with broad flat rim, ring surrounding deerp concave disk with small fill hole at 9:00; raised panel around nozzle, small wick hole. Surface of disk covered with tiny bubbles from plaster mould. | |
Decoration: | Rim: panels, ovules; disk: male standing frontally with lt. leg in profile, holding hook like implement in rt. out to side, lt. holding head of Gorgo; wears short garment. | |
Mythology: | Gorgo Perseus | |
Material: | Fine buff clay with frequent fine black and sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Roughly between 7.5YR 7/6 and 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., complete disk with edge of rim, part of nozzle to edge of wick hole. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.00.055 (disk) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.075 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late 2nd or early 3rd c. A.C. | |
Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
Context: | NB135 P175 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 2000 012 32 Basket: NB135 P175 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 92 (pp. 174 - 175) |