Corinth Object: L 2638
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2638
Title:   MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XIX (EPHESUS TYPE)
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2638
Description:   Mouldmade lamp with flat, oval base, double convex body, high collar added separately around central filling hole with slightly raised lip. Long nozzle, flat at neck, rounded end, broad, flat, circular rim around wick hole. Attachments for vertical strap handle on body, collar, opposite nozzle.
Decoration:   Slightly lustrous dark gray to black glaze, on exterior and interior of nozzle, burned to brown at wick hole.
Material:   Hard-fired ash gray clay.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/1
Condition:   Complete profile. handle missing. Glaze flaked away in spots.
Manufacture:   CO
Dimensions Actual:   H00.032 (rim) D00.060
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.108
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB136 P36
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB136 P36
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 23 (pp. 36 - 37)