| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2859 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2859 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, convex flaring body, heavy mould joint, broad flat rim with groove on exterior and 2 framing disk, concave disk with central fill hole, air hole at edge of disk, articulated nozzle with large wick hole. Solid lug handle top of which smeared. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: incised 11-petal rosette in a circle, surrounded by herringbone. Rim: impressed circles alternating with crosses, becoming herringbone at base of nozzle; disk: wavy lines impressed at edge only; 2 incised lines framing nozzle. Handle: 2 grooves on top, two rows of dots on lower half; at base, 3 impressed circles to either side, 3 incised lines framing either side of underside of nozzle with 3 impressed circles on nozzle bottom itself. | |
| Material: | Hard-fired semi-fine red-brown clay with frequent fine to small white lime inclusions, at least 1 red, some sparkling. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 4/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.104 H00.050 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.070 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | Asklepieion, Zeus trench IV | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 041 36 Basket: Asklepieion, Zeus trench IV |
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