Corinth Object: L 1142
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