Corinth Object: L 2863
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)