Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1693 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1693 | |
Description: | Leaf-shaped lamp with broad flat rim, undefined oval disk, deeply concave, with two fill holes at 2:00 and 7:00; pierced lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Rim: herringbone, with groups of dots with impressed centers framing disk; disk: crude figure in profile to rt., with rt. leg thrown back, rt. arm extended and either holding or overlapping something with vertical incised lines; with other hand holds thyrsos (?) behind back, having large round cross-hatched head, incised wavy lines in background. Handle: 2 grooves. | |
Material: | Moderately fine, well-compacted tan clay with frequent fine white and fewer fine red inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving half of top of lamp, rim and disk, broken diagonally, handle. Burning on edge of rim near missing nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.084 W00.070 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Middle or Late Roman ? | |
Area: | Forum southwest | |
Context: | NB133 P140 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum southwest Image: bw 2000 015 29a Basket: NB133 P140 Notebook Page: NB 133, spread 94 (p. 140) |