Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2686 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2686 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, vertical sides with convex perofile, broad flat rim, ridge framing deep concave disk with 5 fill holes in a quincunx, air hole at edge of disk, tapering nozzle with large fill hole, solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: 2 grooves; rim: herringbone; disk plain. horizontal grooves between disk and wick hole. Handle: 2 grooves on top. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on bottom: Greek: | |
Material: | Semi-coarse dark gray clay with common tiny white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 10YR 4/2 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact except for surface chip on side of nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.091 H00.047 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.062 | |
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 10 |