Corinth Object: L 2866
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2866
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2866
Old Number:   Temp. No. 023
Description:   Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, echinoid body, broad flat rim, concave disk with small fill or air hole on side by nozzle, air hole just outside disk, nozzle enclosed in body, 2 grooves to either side with plain panel around wick hole. Partly pierced vertical handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: incised branch, T-shaped pattern of 5 impressed circles below it, all within double grooves. Rim: herringbone; disk: plain. Handle: 2 grooves with hatching on top of handle, 2 grooves below.
Material:   Semi-fine tan clay with frequent fine white, red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5YR 6/6 Core: 5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile except for center of disk. Intact except for most of disk and small hole in bottom. Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   L00.101 H00.048 (max) H00.033 (rim) W00.075
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P61
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 038 06
Basket: NB122 P61
Notebook Page: NB 122, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61)