Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 238 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 238 | |
Description: | Lamp with plastic ring surrounding shallow concave disk with possible fill hole in center. | |
Decoration: | Possible impressed tongues on rim. disk: at lt. satyr with bare torso turned 3/4 rt., head turned back, lt. arm down holding axe (?); unclear whether kneeling or rising out of leafy fronds; to rt. maenad, represented by two boots, one above other, billowing drapery and possible wine-sack. Plaster bubbles. | |
Mythology: | Satyr Maenad | |
Material: | Fine light tan clay with rare lime inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Roughly near 10YR 6/5 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving edge of rim, ca. 1/4 disk. Partly RIP. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.047 | |
Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | Context 2nd c. | |
Area: | Northwest Shops | |
Context: | NB88 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 627 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Northwest Shops Image: bw 2389 Image: bw 2000 049 08 Basket: NB88 |