Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2947 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2947 | |
Description: | Almond-shaped lamp with flat bottom, steep straight flaring body, low sloping rim, square disk with 3 fill holes in 3 of 4 corners, channel with air hole to large wick hole. Vertical lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: incised leaf within 2 framing lines, double circles at base of handle. Rim: herringbone to lt. and rt. of disk, concentric arcs flanking air hole and channel, triple dots to either side of handle. disk: cross with dotted center, raised ribs in arms. Handle: possible grooves down back. | |
Material: | Reddish tan clay with many tiny white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 4/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining frgts., complete except for small part of rim. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.037 (max) H00.030 (rim) L00.083 D00.058 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB136 P165 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB136 P165 Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 87 (pp. 164 - 165) |