Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1653 | |
Title: | LAMP TYPE XXI-XXV: HANDLE SHIELD | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1653 | |
Description: | Lamp shield in the form of a fern with curving fronds; shield triangular in shape with central rib going up to pointed top. Plain in back. Hollow. | |
Decoration: | Faint traces of a brownish slip. | |
Material: | Fine greenish clay with frequent fine black inclusions, few small angular spherical black inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | between 2.5Y 8/3 and 5Y 8/3 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving top of shield; much of back missing. Slip nearly gone. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.059 W00.059 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman | |
Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
Context: | NB135 P122 | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 2000 012 33 Basket: NB135 P122 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 66 (pp. 122 - 123) |