Corinth Object: L 1864
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 1864
Title:   LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII: NUDE MALE (ARES ?)
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   1864
Description:   Type XXVII lamp with ring framing shallow concave disk, tiny air hole at edge. flat panel framing wick hole.
Decoration:   Disk: standing nude male, weight on rt. leg, left bent, foot raised, leaning heavily with lt. elbow on shield (?), over which a small fall of drapery. Possible spear or staff beside rt. leg; stands on ground line. Ares ?
Mythology:   Ares ?
Attributes:   Shield ?
Material:   Fine pale brown clay with rare white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Redder than 10YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving small part of rim panel framing missing nozzle; center of disk, air hold; missing head, right arm of figure.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.057
Period:   2nd c. A.C.
Chronology:   2nd 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 012 25a
Basket: NB103 P169