Corinth Object: L 2662
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