| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2003 3 | |
| Title: | TERRACOTTA CROSS FROM LATE ROMAN LAMP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Object Number: | 3 | |
| Description: | Lamp handle sheild in form of a cross with forked bars, imitated from bronze lamp. Cf. Agora VII, #371. | |
| Material: | Fine reddish yellow clay fired purple at core with frequent medium lime, black, sparkling inclusions and voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 6/6 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment from handle shield of lamp; cross almost complete except for small chips; lamp missing. | |
| Manufacture: | HM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | T00.013 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.049 W00.041 | |
| Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | 5th or 6th cent AD | |
| Area: | Panaghia west | |
| Context: | NB953 B74 P155 | |
| Findspot Description: | Found while removing the overlying stones; was probably placed on the child's chest. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia west Image: bw 2003 014 10 Image: bw 2005 012 35a Basket: NB953 B74 P155 Notebook Page: NB 953, spread 83 (pp. 155 - 156) |
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