Corinth Object: L 1985 34 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | L 1985 34 | | Title: | | PLASTIC LAMP: LION WORRYING BULL | | Category Code: | | L | | Year: | | 1985 | | Object Number: | | 34 | | Old Number: | | Formerly MF-1985-61 | | Description: | | Base with curving side and a molding defined by a groove at the top. Above, the forepart of a lion to the right attacking a bull's head (also to the right). The eyes of both animals are pierced. There is no mold joint preserved but the break suggests it may have been a vertical two-part mold. Cf. Agora VI, p. 81, nos. 1089-1090, pl. 31. | | Decoration: | | Reddish yellow slip (5YR 5/6) on exterior and along mold join. | | Material: | | Finely gritty, yellowish red fabric with tiny inclusions and sparse larger rounded clay pellets and gray or black grains. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 7/6 | | Condition: | | Fragment. Three joining fragments giving one fifth of animal group. Traces of burning on bull's and lion's muzzles are probably from the wick. Slip worn. | | Manufacture: | | MM | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.070, W. 0.052 | | Weight Description: | | 0.0180 | | Weight: | | 0.0180 | | Period: | | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | | Area: | | East of Theater | | Context: | | NB780 B14 P33 | | Provenance: | | Attica ? | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: East of Theater
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