Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 786 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXXII WITH BRANCH | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 786 | |
Description: | Type XXXII lamp with slightly contracting body, narrow rim offset by two raised ridges that outline base and perimeter of nozzle, slightly concave disk with 1 fillhole at base of nozzle, 2nd 90 degrees to rt. | |
Decoration: | Relief decoration: on body, oblique ridges; rim, row of dots; disk: branch motif with central stem that splits in two at base of top fill hole, at least 3 branches to either side, each ending in a short cross line. According to Broneer, possible the menorah. | |
Attributes: | Menorah ? | |
Material: | Fine, hard-fired red-brown clay with frequent fine white, sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving 1/4 front right, upper half body, rim, 1/4 disk, two fill holes; broken below along joint. Base of nozzle with burning. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.014 L00.059 W00.040 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown | |
Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 1511 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: Early Excavations Image: bw 1897 Image: bw 1997 001 00 Image: bw 1997 003 02 Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown |