Corinth Object: L 2818
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2818
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2818
Description:   Lamp with low double base ring, flaring body, sloping rim, 2 rings framing deep concave disk with central fill hole; air hole at base of nozzle, U-shaped nozzle framed by single incised line; partly pierced vertical handle.
Decoration:   Rim: plain except for 2 panels with herringbone; disk: round-tipped rosette; Handle: 2 grooves to base; dull red brown slip over all.
Writing:   inscribed. Faintly inscribed on bottom: A ?
Material:   Fine brown clay, largely covered by slip.
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 5/3.5 Slip: 5YR 4/4
Condition:   Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.101 H00.052 (max) H00.036 (rim) W00.074
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P162
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 036 21
Basket: NB133 P162