| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2005 6 | |
| Title: | BRONEER TYPE XXVII INSCRIBED LAMP | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Year: | 2005 | |
| Object Number: | 6 | |
| Description: | Broneer type XXVII lamp with flat base, echinoid body, wide rim, deep straight-sided disk with a fill hole, small slit-like air hole at base of nozzle, vertical lug handle, pierced. As CL 190 (Corinth IV.2, p. 188, no. 556, pl. XI). | |
| Decoration: | Stamped concentric circle at center of base above inscription, base marked off from body with groove, stamped concentric circles on either side of base of handle, ovule pattern around rim, with concentric circles stamped on either side of base of nozzle which is marked off from rim by grooves and raised slightly from the plane of the rim; disk has raised, flat framing ring set off by grooves and rays to level of fill hole, two framing rings around fill hole, back of handle plain. As CL 190 (Corinth IV.2, p. 188, no. 556, pl. XI), L-69-408 (Corinth XVIII.2, p. 28, no. 19, pl. 2). | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed on base, Greek: | |
| Material: | Very fine very pale brown clay with rare small sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 7/3 (very pale brown) | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Three joining fragments, complete except for 1/4 of shoulder, almost all of nozzle with body underneath it, 1/2 of handle. Clay globules in ovules show the use of a plaster mold. Traces of burning throughout. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. to rim 0.035, Diam. of foot 0.039, Diam. of rim 0.06 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. from tip of handle to tip of nozzle 0.113, H. to handle 0.042 | |
| Period: | 3rd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | Last quarter of 2nd c. to early 3rd c. A.C. (Corinth XVIII.2, pp. 15, 28). | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB971 B72 P163, LOT 2005 016 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia west Image: bw 2005 023 30a Image: bw 2005 025 19 Basket: NB971 B72 P163 |
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