| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 259 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 259 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat bottom framed by groove, deep echinoid body, broad low sloping rim with panels, plastic ring around shallow concave disk, air hole near edge of disk, U-shaped nozzle surrounded by raised panel. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: impressed tongues; disk: low relief gladiatorial combat. At lt. seated retiarius holding dagger in rt. hand, galerus in lt. Plaster bubbles. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Inscribed on bottom, Greek: ].Y | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | Pinker than 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining frgts., complete profile except for center of bottom. Lt. front quarter of lamp, half of nozzle, no burning. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.030 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.070 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | D00.08 (max) | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd-3rd c. A.C. | |
| Area: | Early Excavations | |
| Context: | Early Excavations, Provenance unknown | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 631 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 1872 Image: bw 2000 041 15a |
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