Ayios Ermoyenis, Lamp (L)

stones of Wall A, ca. 0.26 above top of Wall C with Broneer Type XXV: the ovules on the rim, the type of nozzle (cf Broneer p.85, Fig.41, 4). But cf also with Broneer Type XXVII, first group, which has the ovule pattern, the type VG p.130 of nozzle, the raised band round the XXXX discus, and also the lack of any paint or slip (present on Types XXIV and XXV). L 373 may be compared with Broneer's no.554, illustrated in his Fig.111, p.187. At variance with all three of the Broneer types: the perfectly plain base, the handle without grooves and apparenly not made in the mould, the fact that the ovule pattern apparently was made in the mould instead of by a stamp. Although the clay corresponds well enough with Broneer's printed description p.94, it does not look to me like Corinthian clay, nor like the clay recalled in lamps of Type XXVII found in Athens, which was a yellower or greener buff. Also, these lamps (1373 and McF 1940 F 16, for example) are smaller than normal Type XXVII - cf the measurements in Broneer's catalogue. The parallels probably make it safe to date L 373 etc. not far from 100 AD. They have the features adopted by Type XXVII at its start. Withers' context does not require this tight a date. alled under the Constantinian over-rebuild? Even so, within 2nd cent.