Agora Object: L 3990
Inventory Number:   L 3990
Section Number:   ΚΤΛ 155
Title:   Lamp
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Intact except for chips.
Watch-shaped lamp on raised base concave beneath. Depressed top with ridge and groove around it. Nozzle nearly flat on top; pierced lug at side.
Poor black glaze mostly gone. Wheel made.
Flaky dull buff clay.
Type IX (clamshell variety) of Corinth collection, type 32 of Agora collection.
Context:   Brought in by an old workman (Barba Nikolas); said to have been found in the suburb Peristeri near the church of the Evangelistria; with this lamp, he bought four pots (P 16327-P 16330, KΤΛ 151-154), said to have been found together in a grave, the lamp from somewhere else in the neighborhood.
Negatives:   Leica, L-99
PD Number:   PD 635-110
Dimensions:   H. 0.036; L. 0.102; W. 0.074
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   18 January 1940
Section:   ΚΤΛ
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora IV, no. 426, p. 100, pls. 15, 41.
References:   Publication: Agora IV
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 110, p. 100
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 240, p. 230
Card: L 3990
Card: L 3990