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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | L 2656 | | Title: | | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII, IMPORT | | Category Code: | | L | | Object Number: | | 2656 | | Description: | | Lamp with concave bottom, deep flaring body, pronounced mould joint, broad sloping rim, shallow concave disk offset by groove, two fill holes on axis of lamp, nozzle slightly articulated at tip, wick hole set in from tip. Solid lug handle, top and bottom slightly askew. Identical to L-XXXX-2654 except that fill holes slightly further apart, representation partly obliterated in worn mould. | | Decoration: | | Rim: row of ovules framing disk, 2 panels; disk: gladiatorial combat: at lt., retiarius standing in profile to rt., hunched over, rt. hand holding sword ? down, mace-like object raised in lt. hand; at rt. secutor facing lt., both standing on ground line. | | Material: | | Semi-fine brown clay with frequent mica, white inclusions. | | Munsell Color: | | 7.5YR 5/6 | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | | Manufacture: | | MM | | Dimensions Actual: | | L00.090 H00.041 (max) H00.030 (rim) D00.075 | | Period: | | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | | Chronology: | | 2nd-3rd c. A.C. | | Area: | | Asklepieion | | Context: | | Asklepieion, Found 1933, exact provenance unknown | | Site: | | Asklepeion | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 038 29
Basket: Asklepieion, Found 1933, exact provenance unknown
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