Corinth Object: L 2982
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2982
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2982
Description:   Lamp with small flat bottom, straight flaring body, narrow shoulder, flat rim, groove around shallow concave disk with 2 fill holes on vertical axis, air hole at base of nozzle, tapering nozzle, lug handle, probably solid.
Decoration:   Bottom: inscribed cross, 2 grooves; rim: herringbone; disk: schematic fish curling around lower fill hole, incompletely moulded, motifs along edge of disk; grooves at base of handle on disk.
Material:   Semi-fine red clay with frequent fine white and sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 4.5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete except for part of body to right of handle, top of handle; surface flaking. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.084 H00.025-00.031 (rim) W00.063
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P152
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Basket: NB122 P152
Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 81 (pp. 152 - 153)
Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 86 (pp. 162 - 163)