Corinth Object: KL 134
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   KL 134
Title:   MINIATURE LAMP
Category:   Lamps
Category Code:   KL
Object Number:   134
Description:   Miniature lamp with flat base and convex walls. Inturned rim with tapered lip. Interior floor slightly convex. Horizontal strap handle attached at shoulder and rising slightly above the plane of the rim. Nozzle roughly squared.
Decoration:   String marks on base. Visible finger prints in several places. Black slip over all, fired red in some places.
Material:   Fine pink clay with rare fine inclusions and rare voids
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4 (pink)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Complete. Glaze flaking.
Manufacture:   WM
Period:   Classical
Chronology:   2nd half of the 5th c. B.C. or later (Stillwell and Benson 1984, Corinth 15.3, p. 212)
Area:   Potters' Quarter
Context:   NB114 P149
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Potters' Quarter. Terracaotta Factory, Deposit 9.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Potters' Quarter
Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 80 (pp. 148 - 149)