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| Table of Contents. Preface. List of Illustrations. Abbreviations. Introduction. Chronology. Technique. Style. Comparative Material. Uses. Subjects. Types. Coroplasts. Types of Figurines. Types of Figurines; ... Agora 6 vii ... Types of Plastic Lamps ... Types of Plastic Lamps; Bronze Lamp ... Types of Plastic Lamps; Clay Lamps; Heads and Feet |
| Plastic Roman lamps of Telesphoros type ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Plastic Roman lamps of Telesphoros type. |
Nine joining and non-joining fragments.
On a cubical base, the front of which was adorned with figures in relief, the tip of a cap of Attis (?) is all that remains, stands a nude figure of Eros (?) of ... 1937 ... base, the front of which was ... the tip of a cap of Attis ... stands a nude figure of Eros |
The upper part of a plastic lamp in the form of an animal. Perhaps a bear (?).
Pierced eyes. Broken away below.
Above a pierced vertical handle similar to those of lamps of type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... 23 March 1935 ... Lamps |
| Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Shallow oval lamp, with ring handle at back. Low raised base. Upper part moulded in form of a bearded head: Dionysos (?) wreathed and filleted, the fringed ends of the ... 22 May 1939 ... Lamps |
Single fragment preserves part of an upper moulded surface decorated with a spreading palmette pattern and volutes below.
Attached at edge, part of a vertical side.
Unglazed.
Hard reddish clay with some ... May 1937 ... Lamps |
| Boy with amphora.
The left side, part of the back, and the nozzle broken off.
Grotesque ithyphallic figure kneeling on his left knee, facing right, his face pressed against a large amphora on a pedestal, ... Mid 3rd. century A.D ... handle like that of lamps of type XXVII or XXVIII of ... 106, for handles of types |
| Ithyphallic figure of Pan playing pipes. Mended from three pieces; complete save for chips. Mold made.
Pan is seated cross-legged on a rock; he has horns, goat's legs, and pointed ears, and wears a cloak ... 6 March 1933 ... in lamps of type ... the nozzles of Type XXVII ... Ithyphallic figure of |
Two nozzles, and the left hand of a supporting figure remain. The lamp has been damaged by fire.
A shell-shaped infundibulum with originally probably three nozzles, an Amazon 's shield on top at the preserved ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... figurine.
Type 23 D of Agora collection, type VI of Corinth ... left hand of a supporting ... Well in cistern to west of Tholos.
Use filling, 2nd-5th c. A.D. |
Upper front part of lamp, near handle.
Grotesque male figure, negroid type, wearing a hooked cloak.
Heavy red glaze on outside.
Pinkish-buff micaceous clay. Provenience unknown. Leica, LXIX-19 ... 1953 ... Lamps |
| Lamp in shape of hare. The base and part of the right side of the animal missing. No indication of the nozzle.
The hare is crouching and nibbling at something held between his front paws. That the object ... 21 March 1933 ... Lamps |
The feet, the spout, and part of the back broken away.
Reservoir in shape of a cloaked boy, the spout protruding from the lower edge of the cloak; filling hole at level of shoulders behind.
Transverse ... 20 March 1936 ... Lamps |
Relief decoration in a rather thin fabric; no clear evidence of attachment.
A face (mask) with gouged eyes and upstanding hair, surmounted by a many-petalled palmette with a hole pierced through its center ... 10 July 1947 ... Lamps |
| Complete except for handle at top of head behind filling hole.
Wick hole through lips; filling hole at top. Ears pierced.
A few traces of white; red glaze inside and traces of red on the hair.
Type 47C ... 4 April 1936 ... hair.
Type 47C of Agora ... handle at top of head behind ... of white; red glaze inside |
In the shape of a membrum virile, with filling hole and wick hole above.
For attachment to a figurine.
Flaky brown clay and flaky red glaze. Gravelly filling in bottom of Great Drain. Filling disturbed, ... 24 April 1937 ... In the shape of a membrum virile, with filling hole and wick hole above ... Gravelly filling in bottom of Great Drain. Filling disturbed, but chiefly of the |
| Fragments missing from base and from tip of nozzle.
A negroid figure in short cloak crouches, clasping in front of him the large nozzle. The filling hole opens in a protuberance on his back; the pierced ... 9 April 1937 ... Lamps |
Mended from four fragments; part of top missing.
Double-nozzled plastic lamp with two grotesque faces sharing a single pair of ears. Small holes pierced clear through for eyes and nostrils, serving as ... 28 May 1957 ... Lamps |
Broken at top.
A flat bottomed lamp serves as base for standing figure on which feet only preserved.
Nozzle of lamp at left side of figure. Two grooves around body of lamp.
Matte brown to black glaze over ... 12 May 1952 ... Plastic Lamp Fragment |
| Broken in two pieces; complete save minor fractures.
A draped figure standing on a high round base, and holding in front of it two bunches of grapes and other fruit. A straight cloak envelops the figure ... 23 May 1938 ... in front of it two bunches of grapes and other fruit ... broad braid across top of |
| Complete except for the nozzle, which projected from the front of the figure, and which appears to have served also as infundibulum, since the base of the figure is open below.
The figure, Teleshoros, ... 5 June 1936 ... the front of the figure, ... since the base of the figure ... grooved, projects from middle of |
| An Eros, with a high diadem, below which long curls fall down his back, and with wings springing above his shoulders, holds in front of him, at waist level, a small lamp with three nozzles, in the shape ... 1933 ... other fragments of plastic ... shoulders, holds in front of him, ... lamp with three nozzles, in |
Part of high semi-circular base and lower extremity of figure preserved. Point of attachment for nozzle on front of base.
Dull red glaze on outside and part of inside.
Traces of white over red (lost in ... 4 May 1954 ... Lamps |
Broken above and on left side and at back.
Apparently part of the roughly oblong oil-container at the bottom of the lamp. Flat beneath.
Plastic face at end of plain wall of clay.
Chin on level of bottom ... 11 May 1951 ... Lamps |
Fragment from one side of upper part of a moulded lamp, showing head, shoulders, and part of back of crouching negro; head thrown back. Base of handle attachment in angle between shoulders and back of ... 3 April 1939 ... Lamps |
Only forepart of plastic bear on upper part of lamp preserved.
From back of bear rises plain handle, not quite pierced through. Eyes of bear pierced.
Red to brown glaze outside, and over much of inside ... 7 June 1951 ... Lamps |
Broken on all sides.
Most of front of head, and part of chest, of a nude bearded man, head bent forward onto chest. Eyes pierced.
Red glaze outside.
Pink clay.
Late Roman. Provenience unknown; no context ... 1936 ... Plastic Lamp Fragment |
Fragment from upper part of lamp.
Grotesque head with pierced handle on forehead and filling hole behind it. Trace of wick hole in position of mouth.
Traces of matte brown to red glaze.
Thick yellow-buff ... 7 May 1952 ... of lamp.
Grotesque head ... it. Trace of wick hole in position of mouth.
Traces of |
Part of head of bear, with pierced handle attached to right side of head, towards back.
No glaze.
Yellow-buff clay. Late Roman fill. 2119 Leica, LXIX-25 ... 24 April 1952 ... Lamps |
Left side of front part of body with nozzle preserved.
On top right foot of draped plastic figure.
Red glaze outside, and around nozzle inside.
Light cinnamon clay. Northwest corner of Middle Stoa. Burnt ... 7 June 1951 ... Lamps |
The left wing, arm, and part of the hair of a figure of Eros which serves as a handle for a lamp.
Remains of dark red glaze.
Light red clay.
ADDENDA Cf. a larger example, L 1223. Great Drain, gravel fill ... 22 February 1936 ... Plastic Lamp Fragment |
Complete except for handle and end of nozzle.
Slightly raised concave base with inner raised circle. Angular side walls, bottom half slightly convex. Plain concave top. Partially pierced lug for wick pin ... 7 May 1971 ... Lamps |
Two joining fragments preserve most of lower part of plastic lamp.
Exterior dull red glaze.
Cf. L 2498, Φ 288, for the series with which this lamp belongs. Well. Container 62. Leica, LXVIII-83 ... 6 April 1937 ... Lamps |
Broken all around. The head and one side preserved, and a fragment of the other, with filling hole on base.
A bear standing on a base; animals and vegetable ornament in relief on the base. Pierced handle ... 23 May 1938 ... Plastic Lamp |
| Broken off below, and most of the right side and the back missing.
Preserved is a standing figure. A small curly-haired girl wearing a long cloak with a hood hanging down the back. Eyes pierced.
The lamp ... 25 April 1936 ... most of the right side and ... Eyes pierced.
The lamp ... close to the bottom of the |
Complete except for end of noozle.
Raised concave base with raised inner circle.
Angular side walls, bottom half slightly convex. Sunken rim around filling hole. One unpierced lug. No handle.
Peeling black ... 7 May 1971 ...
Orange clay.
Type 43D of ... of noozle.
Raised concave ... IV, type 43D.
Last quarter |
Fragment of squatting or recumbent figure, hands and knees only preserved, holding handle of lamp. Filling hole in front of handle. Handle pierced, double-grooved.
Light reddish-brown glaze, somewhat flaked ... 24 April 1952 ... handle of lamp. Filling hole in front of handle. Handle ... Fragment of squatting or |
| Relief for attachment beneath handle of a situla; bearded head of Dionysos. Poor modelling.
Red clay with light yellow slip. Room 20, strosis 1, w/lamps of type XXVII. Leica, 93-2-25, 93-2-24 PD 3083-318, ... 2 June 1937 ... Room 20, strosis 1, w/lamps of type XXVII ... Relief for attachment beneath handle of a situla; bearded head of Dionysos. Poor |
| 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 ... 24 April 1936 ... W. (of lamp proper) 0.046; H. 0.094 |
A fragment, broken all around showing the torso of a man, apparently a foreigner and a gladiator. He is either fighting with or embracing a person in front of him, of which only part of the arms are preserved ... 14 June 1951 ... around showing the torso of a ... embracing a person in front of him, of which only part of |
Broken all around.
Fragment from base and part of superstructure of plastic lamp, with oil-hole set in top of base, showing a crouching or fallen animal, bull or deer.
Probably from a combat scene.
Red ... 5 April 1934 ... Lamps |
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