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) |