| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 2716 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 2716 | |
| Description: | Lamp with heart-shaped bottom, 2 grooves, shallow straight flaring body, flat rim, ring around shallow concave disk with 3 fill holes, air hole at edge of disk, narrow groove-channel to wick hole, groove on either side, solid lug handle. | |
| Decoration: | Rim: herringbone; disk: monogram with rho to rt., arcs at tips of cross which extend to frame, circle at crossing. Handle: 2 grooves on top, 1 on bottom. | |
| Writing: | inscribed. Illegible inscription on bottom. | |
| Material: | Semi-fine brown clay with frequent fine white inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Intactr except for nozzle. Burning on nozzle base. Surface flaking. | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.036 (max) H00.028 (rim) W00.070 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L00.085 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late Roman | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB136 P162 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 035 27 Basket: NB136 P162 |
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