Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 3069 | |
Title: | MOLDMADE TERRACOTTA LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXXI | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 3069 | |
Description: | Mouldmade lamp with base ring, convex body, narrow shoulder, raised flat rim, shallow circular disk with parts of 2 fill holes, channel from disk to wick hole with air hole, long nozzle, small sick hole. Solid lug handle on rim only, ridge from base to base ring. Burning on nozzle. | |
Decoration: | Base: concentric circles, semi-cirlce framing outer one, rays around inner, det. Rim: concentric circles alternating with dot-rosettes. disk: traces of monograms of Christ, conventional design below as L-XXXX-924 | |
Material: | Hard-fired micaceous red clay with few fine white inclusions, surface pitted. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 4/6.5 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Intact except for half disk. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.045 (max) H00.031 (rim) L00.105 D00.063 (rim) | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB136 P92 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB136 P92 Notebook Page: NB 136, spread 51 (pp. 92 - 93) |