| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1642 | |
| Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII DISK: PERSEUS | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1642 | |
| Description: | Type XXVII lamp with broad flat rim, ring surrounding deerp concave disk with small fill hole at 9:00; raised panel around nozzle, small wick hole. Surface of disk covered with tiny bubbles from plaster mould. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: panels, ovules; disk: male standing frontally with lt. leg in profile, holding hook like implement in rt. out to side, lt. holding head of Gorgo; wears short garment. | |
| Mythology: | Gorgo Perseus | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay with frequent fine black and sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Roughly between 7.5YR 7/6 and 10YR 7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., complete disk with edge of rim, part of nozzle to edge of wick hole. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | D00.00.055 (disk) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.075 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late 2nd or early 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB135 P175 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 2000 012 32 Basket: NB135 P175 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 92 (pp. 174 - 175) |
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