Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 1142 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: DISK | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 1142 | |
Description: | Lamp with shallow concave disk; small fill hole off-center at 6:00. | |
Decoration: | In high relief: baby Eros walking to rt., with a large torch on his lt. shoulder held by lt. hand, looking back at large tablet in rt. hand. Fluttering drapery to rt. Quiver on ground below it. Extremely coarse bubbles from plaster mould (?) | |
Mythology: | Eros | |
Material: | Fine pale pinkish buff clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., about half of disk with all of fill hole; no edges of disk. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | MPDim00.056 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 2nd-early 3rd c. A.C. | |
Area: | North of Forum | |
Context: | NB96 P24 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Bibliography: | Broneer 1930, Corinth 4.2, cat. 608 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Broneer, Corinth 4:2, 1930b Monument: North of Forum Image: bw 1868 Image: bw 2000 043 04a Basket: NB96 P24 |