Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2765 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2765 | |
Description: | Lamp with leaf-shaped flat bottom; body rising up then curving out to wide rim, broad flat rim set in from edge of mould, concave disk framed by plastic ring, 2 fill holes; air hole at base of nozzle. Solid lug handle with pronounced seam in middle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: branch, 2 circumference grooves; rim: herringbone with impressed circle on either side of handle base; disk: fish swimming to rt. in low relief. Handle: 2 grooves to base. | |
Material: | Semi-fine brown clay with frequent fine white inclusions, few voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 5YR 4/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.084 H00.045 (max) H00.034 (rim) W00.060 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Context mid 7th c. | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB136 P162 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 036 05 Basket: NB136 P162 |