Corinth Object: L 2612
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2612
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XVI
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2612
Description:   Lamp with flat base, body flaring to max. diam., convex to vertical profile, slight vertical lip, broad rim sloping to central fill hole. Large fluked nozzle with large wick hole.
Material:   Hard-fired cooking clay, fired brown at surface, red at core with frequent fine red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5YR 5/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving half of lamp and nozzle. Slight burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.037 D00.059
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.060
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman, context mid 7th c.
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 039 26
Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown