Corinth Object: L 1853
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1853
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: EROS
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1853
Description:   Type XXVII lamp with concave disk, tiny air hole at bottom edge.
Decoration:   Disk: relief figure of chubby Eros, standing with weight on rt. leg, lt. turned out slightly; rt. hand at side holding bunch of grapes. In lt. possibly holds basket in front of chest, filled with fruit, from which hangs drapery to proper lt. of figure.
Mythology:   Eros
Material:   Fine pale brown clay with rare tiny white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Yellower than 7.5YR 6/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., center of disk, edge of air hole; missing head of figure.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.044
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:   2nd c. A.C.
Area:   North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Context:   NB103 P161
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: North of Peribolos of Apollo Baths of Eurykles
Image: bw 1997 012 15a
Basket: NB103 P161
Notebook Page: NB 103, spread 82 (pp. 160 - 161)