| Collection: | | Corinth |
| Type: | | Object |
| Name: | | KL 177 |
| Title: | | MINIATURE LAMP |
| Category: | | Lamps |
| Category Code: | | KL |
| Object Number: | | 177 |
| Description: | | Miniature lamp with very low disc foot with flat underside, convex body, inturned rim with round lip. Single horizontal strap handle rises slightly above body. Filling hole slightly irrectular. Wick hole slightly removed from rim. |
| Decoration: | | String marks on base. Black glaze over all. |
| Material: | | Fine, very pale brown clay with rare inclusions and rare voids. |
| Munsell Color: | | 10YR 8/2 (very pale brown) |
| Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete. Glaze poorly preserved. |
| Manufacture: | | WM |
| Period: | | 5th c. B.C. |
| Chronology: | | Likely late 5th c. B.C. (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212) |
| Area: | | Potters' Quarter |
| Context: | | NB114 P140 |
| Provenance: | | Corinth |
| Findspot Description: | | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, Deposit 8. |
| Site: | | Corinth |
| City: | | Ancient Corinth |
| Country: | | Greece |
| References: | | Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 76 (pp. 140 - 141)
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