| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 5751 | |
| Title: | BRONZE EARLY CHRISTIAN LAMP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 5751 | |
| Description: | Lamp with vertical base foot, squat globular body, long nozzle flaring at tip to wide cup-shaped wick-hole. Hinged lid over central fill hole. Vertical loop handle with cross-shaped shield with flaring tips and knobs on each corner. Incised concentric circles on cross. Between fill hole and nozzle is a loop from which lamp suspended. On hinged lid a crude human face with curling locks, lightly engraved. This is a common type of lamp. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete except for center of base. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.10, H. of body 0.032, Diam. of body 0.052, Diam. of foot 0.035 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 4th-6th c. | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth XII, no. 579 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 154, spread 55 (pp. 94 - 95) |
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