Corinth Object: L 2977
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2977
Title:   MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2977
Description:   Mouldmade lamp with circular flat base surrounded by three grooves, deep, slightly convex body, flat rim, two grooves surrounding concave disk with central filling hole, short narrow channel connects air hole to wick hole, solid vertical handle with three grooves on upper and lower parts. Webbing.
Decoration:   Base: inscribed star. Beneath nozzle: inscribed double 'V'. Rim: mouldmade raised dots with dotted squares to indicate panels. Broneer fig. 48, 22. disk: three small impressed circles at base of handle and traces of two flanking the air hole.
Material:   Buff clay, powdery to the touch, a few tiny inclusions of brown and white.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3
Condition:   Complete profile. Nozzle missing
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.045 (max) H00.032 (rim) D00.064
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.075
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P81
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB122 P81
Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 45 (pp. 80 - 81)