| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | L 4199 | |
| Title: | ROMAN LAMP BASE WITH GRAFFITO | |
| Category Code: | L | |
| Object Number: | 4199 | |
| Description: | Moldmade lamp with flat base and flaring, straight walls | |
| Decoration: | On base, an almond-shaped double ring at center, in which the signature is inscribed | |
| Writing: | graffito. Inside incised lozenge on base, several inscribed letters in two rows: | |
| Material: | Coarse reddish brown clay with smooth breaks, frequent small to medium sub-rounded, spherical black and white, few large to very large, angular, tabular to spherical white inclusions, and rare large, rounded, spherical black inclusions and occasional mica | |
| Munsell Color: | 5YR 4/4 (reddish brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. A single fragment preserving 1/2 of the base and 40% of the body | |
| Manufacture: | MM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Th. 0.006 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.067, W. 0.038 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.032 | |
| Weight: | 0.032 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Likely 4th (or possibly 5th) century A.D. See Agora VII, no. 1836, p. 153, pl. 35, and no. 2460, p. 179, pls. 39, 52; Isthmia III, no. 3037, p. 78, pl. 34; Corinth 18.2, no. 57, p. 35, pl. 5 | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B39 P158, LOT 0651 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: bw 1961 039 10 Basket: NB229 B39 P158 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 84 (pp. 158 - 159) |
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