Corinth Object: HE 18
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   HE 18
Title:   IMITATION NORTH AFRICAN LAMP
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   HE
Object Number:   18
Description:   Lamp with an ovoid body to a horizontal shoulder with a shallow concave discus. Shape similar to a Broneer-type XXXI, Corinth 4.1, pp. 118-9, pls. XXI and XXII; Aupert 1980, p. 410, no. 42, fig. 24; Hjohlman 2002, pp. 48-9, 160, nos. 128 and 146.
Decoration:   Palm branch decoration on shoulder. Similar to Hjohlman 2002, pp. 48-9, 160, nos. 128 and 146.
Material:   Semi-fine gray clay with few small spherical and subrounded tabular white and pale yellow inclusions, rare small angular platy dark gray and pink inclusions, and rare small voids.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 6/1
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt preserves small part of shoulder.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.022 (max.), W. 0.029 (max.), Th. 0.008 (max.)
Weight Description:   0.005
Weight:   0.005
Period:   Late Antique
Chronology:   as late as 7th century AD based on Emporio
Provenance:   NE Peloponnese
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece