Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2863 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2863 | |
Description: | Lamp with flat bottom, echinoid body, broad flat rim, concave disk set off by 2 rings, 4 fill holes with 3 in triangle around central one, air hole on rim, nozzle enclosed in body, large wick hole, solid lug handle, smeared at joint. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: incised branch with concentric arcs to either side, 2 framing grooves, 5 impressed circles in a T outside of frame under nozzle. Rim: herringbone, disk plain, 2 incised lines on either side of nozzle, 2 grooves on handle. | |
Material: | Semi-fine pale pinkish-buff clay with rare red and sparkling inclusions, some voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L00.097 H00.043 (max) H00.028-00.032 W00.066 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB126 P27 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 038 08 Basket: NB126 P27 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 18 (pp. 26 - 27) |