| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1652 | |
| Title: | HANDLE SHIELD FROM EARLY ROMAN GLAZED LAMP | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1652 | |
| Description: | Type XXI-XXV lamp with pierced lug handle attached to large triangular shield. | |
| Decoration: | Shield: 9-petal palmette in low relief with tall pointed central leaf, triangular lhearts, a pair of spirals framing heart, continuing vertically below heart to pair of spirals at bottom; crossing behind this stem is a horizontal stem ending in spirals. Traces of dull black slip over all. | |
| Material: | Fine pale buff clay. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., complete shield, part of handle. Glaze almost wholly gone. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.074 (max) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.088 | |
| Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Early Roman | |
| Area: | Forum southeast South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB135 P122 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum southeast South Stoa Image: bw 2000 014 04 Basket: NB135 P122 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 66 (pp. 122 - 123) |
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