Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2662 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII: DISK | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2662 | |
Description: | Lamp with base ring, flaring convex body, narrow shoulder, flat rim, groove framing concave disk with 2 fill holes off horizontal axis, imperfectly impressed air hole, large wick hole, tapering nozzle. Solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | rim: beads or a guilloche, broken by panels; disk: in low relief centaur (?) idrected lt. with large club over head. | |
Material: | Semi-fine red clay with some fine and exploded small white inclusions, frequent fine sparkling ones. | |
Munsell Color: | Redder than 5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Heavy burning on nozzle, right side. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.080 H00.037 (max) H00.026 (rim) W00.065 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | Asklepieion, Provenance unknown | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 039 12 |