Corinth Object: L 2765
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