Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KL 7 | |
Title: | INCISED LAMP BRONEER TYPE I | |
Category: | Lamps | |
Category Code: | KL | |
Object Number: | 7 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, shallow globular body, narrow flat rim only slightly thicker than thickness of body, very large fill hole; start of nozzle that ends below rim. Similar to KL-192 (Sillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 5, p. 255) and KL-200. | |
Decoration: | Completely glazed, glaze unevenly fired red to black. Incised on bottom after firing: griffin with sickle wing, pointed ear, round stemmed projection on head, facing right. | |
Mythology: | Griffin | |
Material: | Fine pale pinkish buff clay. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 7.5YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Four joining frgts., preserving complete profile; ca. 1/3 floor to rim, lt. side; edge of nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.016 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.077 | |
Dimensions Restored: | D00.08 (max) | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Chronology: | Late 7th-early 6th c. B.C. | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | Potters' Quarter, From fill in Well I | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Well I. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 4, p. 253 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Stillwell, Corinth 15:2, 1952 Monument: Potters' Quarter Image: bw 6481 Image: bw 2001 020 30 Basket: Potters' Quarter, From fill in Well I |