| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | KL 140 | |
| Title: | ARCHAIC LAMP | |
| Category: | Lamps | |
| Category Code: | KL | |
| Object Number: | 140 | |
| Description: | Lamp, on exterior: tall cylindrical body with projecting fascia at bottom and top, undersurface of lamp bowl set 0.024 from bottom; broad flat rim, projecting on exterior as second fascia; on interior: shallow groove on rim, midway from outer edge; large fill hole; large semi-circular nozzle, with large wick hole cutting into half of rim, and outined by groove; nozzle supported by triglyph projecting in relief from body; flat glyphs and shallow grooves defining them. | |
| Decoration: | Fasciae and triglyph black-glazed; reserved panel to either side of triglyph, probably with painted tails and wings of birds, facing away from glyph; top of rim reserved with thin lines; black on nozzle, and on interior. | |
| Material: | Fine pale greenish clay with less than 1% fine voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5Y 7/3 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving complete profile except for floor; one nozzle and very small part of body to base. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.053 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | W00.055 | |
| Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
| Chronology: | late 7th-early 6th c. BC ? | |
| Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
| Context: | NB123 P186 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Area West of Trial Trench D. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 6483 Image: bw 2001 020 36 Basket: NB123 P186 Notebook Page: NB 123, spread 99 (pp. 186 - 187) |
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