Agora Object: L 2709
Inventory Number:   L 2709
Section Number:   ΛΛ 90
Title:   Lamp: Maker's Mark
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Λύχνος με ανάγλυφη παράσταση γυναίκας με προσφορές μπροστά σε ναΐσκο 200 - 250 μ.Χ.
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Intact.
Scrolls on panelled rim; grooved pierced handle. On the discus, at left, a draped female figure, standing three-quarters right, holds a large tray with cakes (?), and looks toward a small naiskos with domed roof.
In the naiskos is a draped standing female figure, facing, her right hand on a pillar; in her left an uncertain object. At the extreme left, behind the larger figure, a small object, altar (?).
Reverse outlined by two circular grooves; signature within, faint. Two spirals at base of handle.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection.
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ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Ενεπίγραφος Ρωμαϊκός λύχνος, τύπου ΧΧVII, με ανάγλυφη παράσταση γυναικείας μορφής, η οποία βρίσκεται μπροστά από ναϊσκο, εντός του οποίου διακρίνεται η μορφή μίας θεότητας (3ος αιώνας μ.Χ).
Context:   Shaft to Channel F. Water deposit.
Negatives:   Leica, 7-133, 7-174, 7-296, LIII-32, V-16
Dimensions:   H. 0.025; W. 0.084; L. 0.092
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   13 February 1937
Section:   ΛΛ
Grid:   ΛΛ:83/Λ
Deposit:   E 5:4
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Papadopoulos and Stern (2007), p. 265, fig. 220A.
    AgoraPicBk 9 (1963), fig. 35.
    Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 355, fig. 43.
    AJA 40 (1936), p. 188, fig. 19.
    Agora VII, no. 751, p. 117, pl. 17.
References:   Publication: Agora VII
Publication: AgoraPicBk 9 (1963)
Publication: Hesperia 7 (1938)
Publication Page: Agora 7, s. 220, p. 204
Publication Page: Agora 7, s. 234, p. 218
Drawing: DA 13003
Images (9)
Deposit: E 5:4
Notebook: ΛΛ-1
Notebook Pages (6)
Card: L 2709
Card: L 2709