| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 1999 4 | |
| Title: | ATTIC ALPHA GLOBULE LAMP | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 1999 | |
| Object Number: | 4 | |
| Description: | Alpha globule lamp with double base ring, echinoid body smoothed at joint to top of lamp, broad rim with convex profile, small deep concave disk with single framing ring, central fill hole; small air hole at edge of disk, long nozzle with small wick hole, pierced lug handle, sides of which pared. | |
| Decoration: | Bottom: 8-dot rosette in low relief; body: covered with globules; rim: globules in relief, ending in pelta and curved relief line on either side at base of nozzle, central dart from disk to base of wick hole; handle: 3 grooves on top, 2 on bottom with horizontal lines at the base. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine pale greenish clay with common fine voids, frequent fine angular white, dark brown and gray-black inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5Y 7.5/2 | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Faint trace of burning on nozzle tip. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L00.096 H00.046 (max) H00.031 (rim) W00.065 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.06 | |
| Weight: | 0.06 | |
| Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Context mid 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Provenance: | Attica | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Image: bw 1999 043 30 Notebook Page: NB 923, spread 34 (pp. 57 - 58) |
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