Corinth Object: L 1643
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1643
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII DISK: SCYLLA ?
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1643
Description:   Type XXVII lamp with narrow flat rim, shallow concave disk surrounded by groove.
Decoration:   Rim: plain except for panel. disk: at rt. nude female torso with fish tail that curves up to proper lt. of her; her torso frontal with lt. arm extended to side, rt. raised above head grasping something; below arm is the head of a 2nd woman in profile to lt.
Mythology:   Scylla ? Charybdis ?
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., preserving ca. 1/3 disk, part of rim.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.063
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   Second half 2nd c.
Area:   Forum southeast South Stoa
Context:   NB135 P177
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa
Image: bw 2000 012 34
Basket: NB135 P177
Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 93 (pp. 176 - 177)