Agora Object: L 2299
Inventory Number:   L 2299
Section Number:   ΠΘ 1351
Title:   Plastic Lamp: Eros
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Most of the right wing missing; the end of the nozzle and much of the front of the body broken away.
A seated figure, nude except for boxing gloves that reach above his elbows, rests his right elbow on his right knee, and his chin on his right hand.
The body of the lamp, on which he sits, is a plain almond-shaped container, with two grooves around the upper edge, and one around the lower. A small handle, pierced horizontally projected from the back of the figure. Eyes punched.
Red glaze.
Orange-red clay.
Context:   Well.
Negatives:   Leica, 7-41, LXIX-11, LIX-61
Dimensions:   W. (of lamp proper) 0.046; H. 0.094
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   24 April 1936
Section:   ΠΘ
Grid:   ΠΘ:64/ΚΘ
Elevation:   -16--16m.
Masl:   -16m.
Deposit:   C 12:1.1
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora V, no. J 24, p. 53, pl. 47.
    Agora VI, no. 982, p. 76, pl. 28.
References:   Publication: Agora V
Publication: Agora VI
Publication Page: Agora 5, s. 67, p. 53
Publication Page: Agora 5, s. 151, p. 137
Publication Page: Agora 6, s. 104, p. 92
Image: 2012.25.0175 (7-41)
Image: 2012.54.0510 (LXIX-11)
Deposit: C 12:1
Deposit: C 12:1.1
Card: L 2299