| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1653 | |
| Title: | LAMP TYPE XXI-XXV: HANDLE SHIELD | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1653 | |
| Description: | Lamp shield in the form of a fern with curving fronds; shield triangular in shape with central rib going up to pointed top. Plain in back. Hollow. | |
| Decoration: | Faint traces of a brownish slip. | |
| Material: | Fine greenish clay with frequent fine black inclusions, few small angular spherical black inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | between 2.5Y 8/3 and 5Y 8/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving top of shield; much of back missing. Slip nearly gone. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.059 W00.059 | |
| 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 012 33 Basket: NB135 P122 Notebook Page: NB 135, spread 66 (pp. 122 - 123) |
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