| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1592 | |
| Title: | IMPORTED LAMP HOWLAND TYPE 27 | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 1592 | |
| Description: | Howland tpe 27 lamp with low disk foot, conical undersurface continuing into open socket; deep vertical body, narrow slightly downturned rim, large fill hole. Central socket projects above rim. Long broad nozzle, flat on top, rounded at tip, with wick hole at tip. | |
| Decoration: | Black glaze over all, dull. | |
| Writing: | graffito. ? Possible graffito on bottom of foot, Greek | |
| Material: | Hard-fired, well-compacted red clay, fracture granular. | |
| Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 2.5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., ca. half lamp including all of nozzle. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.034 D00.073 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.103 | |
| Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. | |
| Area: | Temple E | |
| Context: | NB128 P165 | |
| Provenance: | ? Attica ? | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E Image: bw 2000 012 01 Basket: NB128 P165 Notebook Page: NB 128, spread 88 (pp. 165 - 166) |
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