Corinth Object: L 2602
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2602
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XVI
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2602
Old Number:   Temp. No. 57
Description:   Type XVI lamp with disk foot, convex to concave body rising vertically to broad rim with projecting lip, rim curving down into small central fill hole. Fluked nozzle with large wick hole. Attachments for vertical strap handle attached to max. diam. and lip.
Decoration:   Streaky brown-black glaze over all.
Material:   Gritty cooking ware fired red with frequent fine white inclusions, voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., intact except for handle; part of projecting rim broken away. Heavy burning on nozzle and rim.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.034 W00.062
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.091
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 038 20
Basket: Asklepieion, Exact provenance unknown