Agora Object: B 704
Inventory Number:   B 704
Section Number:   ΕΕ 259
Title:   Lamp
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Χάλκινος λύχνος 1400 – 1375 π.Χ.
Category:   Bronze
Description:   Several small holes in bowl as a result of corrosion; otherwise intact.
An open bowl with a long flat handle which is horizontal as it leaves the body, but turns downward towards its end.
The rim of the bowl is flat on top and turned outward.
Opposite the handle, there is a broad shallow spout which projects slightly.
There is a slight sinking at the center of the bowl which gives it a small flat slightly off-set bottom.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Χάλκινη λυχνία. Διακρίνονται μικρές οπές στη βάση της, ως αποτέλεσμα της διάβρωσης.
Context:   Mycenaean Chamber Tomb, against north wall of chamber to left of door as one enters.
Handling:   Stoa gallery case
Notebook Page:   428, 483-485, 489-490
Negatives:   Leica, Color slide, XVIII-70, XVIII-71
Dimensions:   L. 0.40; Diam. (bowl) 0.16; H. (bowl) 0.037
Material:   Copper alloy
Date:   2 June 1939
Section:   ΕΕ
Deposit:   N 21-22:1
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 6 (1979), fig. 13.
    AgoraPicBk 9 (1963), fig. 1.
    AgoraPicBk 6 (1961), fig. 13.
    Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 284, fig. 26.
    AJA 43 (1939), p. 582, fig. 7.
    Agora XIII, pp. 167-168, pl. 33, no. I-22.
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 188, p. 167
Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 293, p. 272
Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 341
Images (21)
Deposit: N 21-22:1
Card: B 704
Card: B 704