Agora Object: L 5101
Inventory Number:   L 5101
Section Number:   ΣΑ 1958
Title:   Lamp
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Πήλινος λύχνος από τη Μικρά Ασία 625 - 600 π.X.
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Nozzle and part of rim missing.
Open socket. Bevelled base. Concave sides sloping inward. Grooved rim. Signs of burning.
Inside, remains of metallic brown glaze; on outside, traces of glaze wash (?).
Gritty pinkish-buff clay.
Type 9 of Agora collection.
ADDENDA Cook feets clay in Asia Minor; type also. Smyrna (?).
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Λύχνος, τύπου 9. Λείπουν ο μυκτήρας και τμήμα από το χείλος. Διακρίνονται ίχνη πυρράς.
Context:   Well behind Stoa Shop XVIII.
Notebook Page:   2906
Negatives:   Leica, LXVIII-4, LXVIII-37
Dimensions:   Diam. (lower part) 0.091, (upper part) 0.082; H. 0.022
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   July 1952
Section:   ΣΑ
Elevation:   -10.8--10.8m.
Masl:   -10.8m.
Deposit:   R 8:2
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), p. 129.
    Guide (1976), p. 233.
    Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 357, no. G 56, pls. 86, 89.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 30 (1961)
Publication: Museum Guide (2014)
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 243, p. 233
Publication Page: Agora 8, s. 138, p. 124
Images (6)
Deposit: R 8:2
Card: L 5101