Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1572 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXIX | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1572 | |
Description: | Lamp with low base ring, shallow convex body, convex rim, slightly sunken large disk with two small fill holes off-center; air hole at base of nozzle; projecting nozzle with large wick hole. Vertical lug handle, base of which splays out into pairs of ribs. Pronounced mould flange circling entire lamp and enclosing nozzle. | |
Decoration: | Rim: indistinct, possibly vine; disk: relief indistinct. | |
Material: | Dark brown clay with many tiny white inclusions, voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/4 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact except for small hole in center of disk, one in bottom. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.035 (max) H00.024 (rim) L00.096 D00.068 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Temple E | |
Context: | NB127 P71 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple E Basket: NB127 P71 Notebook Page: NB 127, spread 41 (pp. 71 - 72) |