Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | L 2882 | |
Title: | ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII | |
Category Code: | L | |
Object Number: | 2882 | |
Description: | Lamp with concave bottom, framing groove, wide flaring body, heavy mould joint, narrow shoulder, broad low-sloping rim, groove surrounding small concave disk with central fill hole, large hair hole at base of wick hole, tapering nozzle. Solid lug handle. | |
Decoration: | Rim: ring of plastic dots, broken by raised rectangular panel in center of each side. Plain disk. | |
Writing: | inscribed. ? Possible illegible signature on bottom. . Y = KY ? | |
Material: | Fine brown clay with frequent fine white and sparkling inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 5/5 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact. Burning on nozzle. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.091 H00.045 (max) H00.028 (rim) W00.072 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Roman | |
Area: | Asklepieion | |
Context: | NB126 P27 | |
Site: | Asklepeion | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 1999 037 06 Basket: NB126 P27 Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 18 (pp. 26 - 27) |