Corinth Object: L 2963
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2963
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2963
Description:   Lamp with flaring body, broad rim, shallow concave disk, 3 fill holes in 3 arms of cross except upper rt., small air hole at base of cross; nozzle enclosed in body, large wick hole.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk: monogram with plain arms, Rho to rt.
Material:   Semi-fine tan clay with few fine white and sparkling inclusions, rare small red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving top of body on right side, rim, ca. complete disk, half wick hole. Burning around wick hole.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.072 W00.054
Dimensions Restored:   W00.07
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown. Tag: Lerna 1932. A later
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 041 25
Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown. Tag: Lerna 1932. A later