Corinth Object: L 1840
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1840
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII WITH EROTIC SYMPLEGMA
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1840
Description:   Type XXVII lamp with narrow rim, flat ring surrounding concave disk with small fill hole to lt. of center.
Decoration:   On rim: panels, ovules; disk: erotic symplegma:bearded man half reclining on couch, head to right, looking left Crouching over him is woman facing left, right arm resting on her right knee, her left arm raised to head, pulling up bedclothes in frame from her head, down to couch.
Material:   Fine light brown clay with rare fine white inclusions, one void.
Munsell Color:   Near 7.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., all of disk, ca. 1/8 disk with full profile, most of inner ring of rest.
Manufacture:   MM
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Area:   North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Context:   NB103 P169
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Image: bw 1997 013 02
Image: bw 1997 013 09
Image: digital 2015 2945
Basket: NB103 P169