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 |