Corinth Object: MF 2013 32
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2013 32
Title:   CONICAL GLASS LAMP WITH KNOB BASE
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2013
Object Number:   32
Description:   Conical lamp. Thick, heavy ovoid knob base. Concave top, with beginnings of flaring vessel walls. Rough edges from pontil ring on underside, Diam. 0.025. No visible seam, suggesting base was tooled from the body of the lamp.
Material:   Glass, dark green. Clean with no visible bubbles
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving complete base; broken off at body. Silver and brown weathering patina on chipped areas.
Manufacture:   BL. Knob tooled from vessel.
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. 0.028 (knob)
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.023
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Agora 34, cat. 268-369; MF 12771 (context late 5th/early 6th c.)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2014 1020
Image: digital 2014 1021
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080