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) |