Corinth Object: L 1850
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1850
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: PYGMY, CRANE
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1850
Description:   Type XXVII lamp with broad flat rim, shallow concave disk with small fill hole below center.
Decoration:   Rim: ovules; disk: pygmy and crane, of which have torso, legs, rt. arm of pygmy; body, legs of crane. Pygmy at lt., attacking crane at rt. Legs spread, rt. Arm holds spear acros body. Crane grasping lt. thigh in claws. See L-XXXX-1836 L-XXXX-1849. Mould indistinct. No retouching.
Mythology:   Battle of Pygmies and Cranes ?
Attributes:   Crane
Material:   Fine light orange clay with fine white, sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., part of rim, ca. 1/3 disk, fill hole.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.065
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:   2nd c. A.C.
Area:   North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Context:   NB103 P169
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Image: bw 1997 012 30a
Basket: NB103 P169