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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997

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[Agora Object] L 345: Lamp

No handle or knob. Squat body, rounding, merging with rim from which it is set off only by a very shallow groove. Nozzle, fairly flat on top, but rounding toward wick hole. Nozzle is long and pointed; ... 16 February 1932

[Agora Object] L 369: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of top and back and sides. Double convex body, with lower part deeper than upper. Wheel made. On top, depression around filling hole with diameter ca. 0.019m. Shallow groove surrounds depression ... 20 February 1932

[Agora Object] L 460: Lamp Fragment

Lamp mended from several fragments; part of back missing. Vertical band handle broken away. No base. Wheel made. Rounded double convex body. Top, slightly depressed. Nozzle, square at end, curving on top ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 462: Lamp

Vertical band handle and knob on left side broken. Slightly depressed rim, with small filling hole. Double convex body, the upper part larger than the lower. Nozzle, rounded on top. No base; under surface ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 741: Lamp

Nozzle missing. No base, bottom left rough. Angular, double convex body; groove round small filling hole; large pierced knob on left side (broken). High base, rising slightly in center. Dull purplish-red ... 10 March 1933

[Agora Object] L 1123: Lamp

Double convex sides; slightly sunken, plain discus; pierced lug in a sort of "swirl" on one side; blunt nozzle; low ring base with slightly raised center. Poor black glaze. Wheel made. Buff clay. Type ... 20 June 1933

[Agora Object] L 1929: Lamp

No handle; low base. Groove around rim. Unpierced lug on one side. Wheel made. Glazed, metallic black to brownish. Type IX of Corinth collection, type 31 of Agora collection. Cistern; lower Hellenistic ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 2755: Lamp Fragment

Front part only, with rounded nozzle and plain lug. Flat bottom, slightly depressed; rounded body; gently sloping rim. Black glaze badly flaked. Wheel made. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XII (early spreading ... 22 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 3292: Lamp

Handle, and tip of nozzle missing. Low base ring, angular side, depression around filling hole, groove at top of sides. Pierced knob on one side. Black glaze that has peeled badly. Wheel made. Yellow-buff ... 2 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3530: Lamp

Intact but chipped. Flat raised base, flat-topped, square-ended nozzle, horizontal strap handle; narrow flat rim. Poor black glaze partly peeled. Pinkish-buff clay. Type IV (Poor Relations Group, late ... 8 June 1938

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[Agora Object] L 3580: Lamp

Intact, except for chip from nozzle. Shallow spreading variety; pierced lug on side; no handle. Low ring foot. Top slightly concave; nozzle fluked. Dull black glaze, much peeled. Wheel made. Yellowish ... 25 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 4193: Lamp

Band handle broken away; otherwise intact. Thick watch-shaped body; nozzle flat on top. Top slopes inward to filling hole. Dull metallic glaze. Type XII (early shape, wheelmade) of Corinth collection, ... 15 May 1947

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[Agora Object] L 4194: Lamp with Graffito

End of nozzle broken; otherwise intact. Angular body; high foot; no hanlde; large pointed unpierced lug on side. Rim slopes down to filling hole. Incised on rim. Dull black glaze, somewhat chipped. Type ... 20 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4368: Lamp

Mended from two pieces; complete except for chips. Deep pear-shaped body; flat bottom; flat top, slightly insloping; nozzle flat on top; rising band handle. Wheelmade (?). Black glaze over all. Type V ... May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4372: Lamp

Most of rim and part of body missing. Pierced lug; raised base; sunken top; clam shell variety. Red glaze, much worn outside and inside. Type XII (early spreading, wheelmade) of Corinth collection, type ... May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4373: Lamp

Intact except for chips. No handle; walls curve to narrow flat rim; bottom flat, with rough spiral from wheel. Apparently unglazed. Buff clay, dirty gray-buff surface. Type IV late variant of Corinth ... May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4549: Lamp

Early spreading variety, wheelmade. Handle, nozzle, part of wall and rim missing. Pierced lug. Black glaze shading to red, pinkish-buff clay. Type XII of Corinth collection, type 33A of Agora collection ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] L 4613: Lamp

Hand and end of nozzle missing, otherwise intact. Double conical shape; concave top marked off by groove; pierced lug. Metallic glaze, much flaked. Type XII of Corinth collection, type 33A of Agora collection ... 9 July 1949

[Agora Deposit] B 20:2: Drawshaft

Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.C.