Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2671 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2671 | |
Description: | Lamp with vestigial base ring, straight flaring body, pronounced mould seam, broad flat rim, shallow concave disk offset by vestigial plastic ring, 2 filling holes aligned horizontally, small air hole at edge of disk, nozzle enclosed in body with large wick hole, solid lug handle with pronounced joint. | |
Decoration: | Rim: herringbone; disk: diagonal cross with vertical bar, 2 grooves on handle top. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on bottom, Greek: | |
Material: | Light red-brown clay with occasional tiny white and sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Redder than 7.5YR 5/5 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.084 H00.039 (max) H00.029 (rim) W00.063 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB122 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 040 05a Basket: NB122 |