Agora Object: L 2137
Inventory Number:   L 2137
Section Number:   Σ 379
Title:   Lamp Fragment
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Most of left side preserved.
Plain rim, with a single groove. On discus, a shaggy bear, facing right; only the hind quarters preserved.
At the upper left there is an inscription incised in the wet clay: "ΦΟΒΟΣ".
The bear and the inscription are not in line with the horizontal axis of the lamp. Solid handle, three grooves in front, two behind.
Thin purplish-red glaze wash.
Brownish clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Context:   With sherds consistenly fourth century A.D.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   H. 0.035; W. 0.084; P.L. 0.067
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   17 March 1936
Section:   Σ
Grid:   Σ:18-20/ΣΤ-ΛΘ
Elevation:   -2.20m.
Masl:   -2.2m.
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora VII, no. 890, p. 127, pl. 20.
References:   Publication: Agora VII
Publication Page: Agora 7, s. 221, p. 205
Publication Page: Agora 7, s. 233, p. 217
Card: L 2137