Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2723 | |
Title: | LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2723 | |
Description: | Lamp with almond-shaped flat bottom, deep straight flaring body, broad flat rim, shallow concave disk with framing ring, 4 off-center fill holes; U-shaped nozzle with large wick hole. Small vertical lug handle, broken by mould joint. | |
Decoration: | Bottom: small branch, framed by Sigma Omega with 2 small circles below letters, another at nozzle end, 2 at handle base, 2 framing lines. Rim:herringbone set well in from edge. disk: cross-monogram with open loop to rt., cross has flaring tips, impressed dot at center and ends of 4 arms, raised rib in each arm. Handle: 2 grooves on upper half, one on lower. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Inscribed in mould on bottom: Sigma Omega Soteiria lamp shop | |
Material: | Fine hard-fired brown clay with scattered white inclusions, pores, numerous tiny sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 5YR 5/5 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.040 (max) H00.030 (rim) L00.086 D00.066 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | First half 5th c. (Agora VII) | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB126 P131 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Basket: NB126 P131 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 70 (pp. 130 - 131) |