Corinth Object: L 1651
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1651
Title:   EARLY ROMAN LAMP, BRONEER XXI-XXV
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1651
Description:   Lamp with broad low-sloping shoulder, ring surrounding concave disk with fill hole at 6:00. Long nozzle framed by double volute
Decoration:   Rim: ovules; disk: quadruped crouching to rt., tail curled up behind; missing head; red slip over all.
Material:   Clay: Fine buff clay. Slip: 2.5YR 4/7 where thickest
Munsell Color:   Clay: near 7.5YR 7/4 slip: 2.5YR 4/8
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving lt. half of top of lamp from in front of handle to before tip of nozzle. Slip worn. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.083 W00.044
Dimensions Restored:   D00.07-00.075 (rim)
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman
Area:   Forum southeast South Stoa
Context:   NB135 P122
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa
Image: bw 2000 016 02
Basket: NB135 P122
Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 66 (pp. 122 - 123)