Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1643 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII DISK: SCYLLA ? | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1643 | |
Description: | Type XXVII lamp with narrow flat rim, shallow concave disk surrounded by groove. | |
Decoration: | Rim: plain except for panel. disk: at rt. nude female torso with fish tail that curves up to proper lt. of her; her torso frontal with lt. arm extended to side, rt. raised above head grasping something; below arm is the head of a 2nd woman in profile to lt. | |
Mythology: | Scylla ? Charybdis ? | |
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., preserving ca. 1/3 disk, part of rim. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.063 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Second half 2nd c. | |
Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
Context: | NB135 P177 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 2000 012 34 Basket: NB135 P177 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 93 (pp. 176 - 177) |