Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KL 157 | |
Title: | MINIATURE LAMP | |
Category: | Lamps | |
Category Code: | KL | |
Object Number: | 157 | |
Description: | Miniature lamp with flat base only barely distinguished from walls, convex walls, and tapered lip with wide opening. Nipple on interior. Rounded nozzle slighty mishapen underneath. Loop handle projects slightly above shoulder. Similar to KL 163 (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 95) from Deposit 4. | |
Decoration: | String marks on base. Black slip over all. No traces of buringing. | |
Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with frequent small, subangular inclusions and few fine voids | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Slip poorly preserved. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Weight Description: | 0.018 | |
Weight: | 0.018 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C. (Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, p. 267) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P69 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 5. | |
Bibliography: | Unpublished | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 39 (pp. 68 - 69) |