| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2956 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2956 | |
| Description: | Lamp with flat leaf-shaped bottom, steep body, smoothed mould joint, flat rim, large square disk with recessed center, 3 fill holes in 3 of 4 corners, broad channel with air hole to wick hole in elongated nozzle. solid lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: incised branch, 2 framing grooves; rim: group of 3 dotted circles on either side of handle base and channel; on rest, herringbone; disk: groove framing edge, cross with flaring arms a large dotted circle in each arm and 1 at center. Handle: 2 grooves 2 base. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine light red-brown clay with frequent fine white and sparkling inclusions, few small angular red. | |
| Munsell Color: | Between 7.5YR 5/6 and 5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact and well preserved. Burning on nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.097 H00.044 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.065 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB126 P25 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 041 31 Basket: NB126 P25 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 17 (pp. 24 - 25) |
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