| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9557 | |
| Title: | BRONZE ROMAN LAMP WITH HORSE'S NECK HANDLE | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9557 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, cylindrical sides (H. 0.013) making false foot; rounded biconical body, low vertical rim around large fill hole, covered by hinged lid with convex top and horizontal rim. Long nozzle with hexagonal frame around wick hole, with recessed round ring below lip; broken attachment for something on top of nozzle at base of wick hole. Handle articulated from body by 2 projecting ribs ending in balls; handle is long horse's neck, curving up to head pointed toward fill hole; mane locks offset by grooves, projecting disk between ears; incised plastic halter straps on forehead and muzzle, projecting eyes. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Complete except for hole in horse's neck, attachment on nozzle, possibly something in wick hole. | |
| Manufacture: | Cast | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.103 (max) H00.063 (top lid) H00.049 (rim)L00.174 D00.041 (bottom) D00.062 (body) | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Hellenistic? Roman? | |
| Area: | Acrocorinth | |
| Context: | NB272 P64 | |
| Site: | Acrocorinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Acrocorinth Image: bw 2001 004 22 Basket: NB272 P64 |
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