| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2658 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII, IMPORT | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2658 | |
| Description: | Lamp with concave bottom, deep flaring body, pronounced mould joint, broad sloping rim, shallow concave disk offset by 2 grooves, two fill holes on axis of lamp, wick hole impinges on disk. Solid lug handle. Identical to L-XXXX-2654, except that fill holes slightly further apart, representation worn. | |
| 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; at rt. secutor facing lt., holding shield over lt. arm, rt. arm drawn back with sword ? Both standing on ground line. | |
| Material: | Fine off-white clay with occasional sparkling inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2.5 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Two joining frgts., complete except for end of nozzle, hole in body near handle; part of handle broken away; burning around nozzle and over break. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.038 (max) H00.025 (rim) D00.071 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.078 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 2nd-3rd c. A.C. | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB133 P162 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 038 23 Basket: NB133 P162 |
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