Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1999 2 | |
Title: | IMPORTED LATE ROMAN LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Year: | 1999 | |
Object Number: | 2 | |
Description: | Mouldmade lamp with flat bottom, shallow echinoid body, sharp angle from body to shoulder, broad sloping rim with raised ring around sunken disk, rounded nozzle, broad wickhole surrounded by flat band, solid vertical lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Relief dots in double row on shoulder, raised panel with 4 short rays between wick hole and rim, unslipped. | |
Material: | Semi-fine red clay with frequent medium to large inclusions (white, gray), voids and 10-15% mica. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 5/6 red | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Complete profile, disk missing. surface worn and chipped at places, 2 holes on body, burnt surface from nozzle to mid-shoulder. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.027 (to rim) H00.034 (to handle) L00.091 D00.062 (body) | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 76 Context late 6th to 7th cent. A.D. | |
Area: | Panaghia south | |
Context: | NB919 B4 P15 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia south Image: bw 1999 053 12 Basket: NB919 B4 P15 Notebook Page: NB 919, spread 12 (pp. 14 - 15) |