Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1850 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: PYGMY, CRANE | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1850 | |
Description: | Type XXVII lamp with broad flat rim, shallow concave disk with small fill hole below center. | |
Decoration: | Rim: ovules; disk: pygmy and crane, of which have torso, legs, rt. arm of pygmy; body, legs of crane. Pygmy at lt., attacking crane at rt. Legs spread, rt. Arm holds spear acros body. Crane grasping lt. thigh in claws. See L-XXXX-1836 L-XXXX-1849. Mould indistinct. No retouching. | |
Mythology: | Battle of Pygmies and Cranes ? | |
Attributes: | Crane | |
Material: | Fine light orange clay with fine white, sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., part of rim, ca. 1/3 disk, fill hole. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.065 | |
Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
Area: | North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles | |
Context: | NB103 P169 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles Image: bw 1997 012 30a Basket: NB103 P169 |