| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2953b | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2953 | |
| Object Suffix: | b | |
| Description: | Lamp with base ring, steep straight flaring body, heavy mould joint, sloping shoulder, narrow flat rim, ring surrounding slightly concave disk with 2 fill holes on horizontal axis, imperfectly pierced air hole at edge of disk with groove to wick hole, groove on either side, tapering nozzle. Solid lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: herringbone; disk: cross as Broneer fig. 52.7: i.e., monogram without loop; handle: band of hatching on top, 2 grooves below. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Poorly impressed on bottom, Greek: | |
| Material: | Semi-fine brown clay fired to gray-black in places with rare fine white and sparkling inclusions visible on surface. | |
| Munsell Color: | Near 7.5YR 5/4 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact, heavy burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.080 H00.037 (max) H00.026 (rim) W00.059 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | Asklepieion, Written on lamp: Hill of Zeus, 1933 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 041 29 Basket: Asklepieion, Written on lamp: Hill of Zeus, 1933 |
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