Corinth Object: L 3749
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 3749
Title:   CORINTHIAN LAMP TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   3749
Description:   Mouldmade lamp with broad flat rim with angular shoulder, concave disk, single central fill hole, small air hole at base of nozzle. Solid handle,
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone, retouched, composed of two rows of fine dots, groove around disk, rosette disk. groove around disk continues around fill hole and wick hole. 3 grooves on handle.
Material:   Reddish-brown clay with occasional white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 5YR 5/6 and 7.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., upper half of lamp with all of rim, disk except for half of edge of fill hole, half of nozzle, top of handle. Largely discolored black.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   D00.076
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.03 (ca.) L00.082
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   At least early 6th c. A.C.
Area:   Southeast Building
Context:   NB191 P67
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Cited Corinth I.v P031
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 1:5, 1960
Monument: Southeast Building
Image: bw 1998 033 20
Basket: NB191 P67
Notebook Page: NB 191, spread 39 (pp. 67 - 68)