Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 3796 | |
Title: | CLEAR-GLAZED LOCAL BYZANTINE LAMP | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 3796 | |
Description: | Pedestal lamp with flat base, center open where attached to pedestal; straight flaring lower saucer, pinched slightlyon one side to form nozzle. Tapering cylindrical pedestal or stem, hollow at top, with 2nd saucer at height of ca. 00.038; 2nd saucer shallow, floor flat with low upturned rim, pinched at two sides to form nozzle. | |
Decoration: | Clear glaze over white slip, over all but outside of lower saucer and bottom. | |
Material: | Fine buff clay fired to pale red-brown at nozzle. | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Five joining frgts., complete except for ca. 1/4 lower saucer, chips in upper. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.098 D00.096 (max) | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | Middle Byzantine ? | |
Area: | South Stoa west | |
Context: | NB195 P149 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa west Basket: NB195 P149 Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 80 (pp. 149 - 150) |