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[Agora Publication] Greek Lamps and Their Survivals

Howland, R. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The author has used the trustworthy chronological data supplied by the scientific excavation of “closed deposits” at the Athenian Agora to build a continuous series of lamp types from the 7th century B.C ... 1958

[Agora Object] L 367: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of bottom. Raised base, rising. Rather carefully trimmed. Mold made. Graffiti in dry clay. Glazed all over including under side of base. Late black glaze with silvery lustre. Attic clay. Type ... 19 February 1932

[Agora Object] L 1115: Lamp

Mended from seven pieces; partly strengthened in plaster. The lower part of the nozzle, and fragments of sides and bottom missing. Watch-shaped body; the side wall continues upward to form a ridge around ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 1441: Mold for Top of Lamp with Graffito

Most of the mold for the top of the lamp, (edges broken) is preserved. It shows a plain, slightly sunken top, bordered by a groove, and a side lug. On the bottom is incised in wet clay, a covered pyxis ... 10 April 1934

[Agora Object] L 2543: Lamp

Nozzle, tip and band handle missing. Plain lamp with angular body, the upper half higher than the lower, a bump-like lug on the left side at the junction of the two parts. Faintly simulated ring foot ... 11 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 3755: Mold Fragment for Lamp

A single fragment preserves front of lower half, with nozzle and part of body and base. Deep string groove at end of nozzle. Pink to buff clay. For lamp of type XVIII of Corinth collection, of type 43D ... 8 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3801: Lamp

Intact, except for chips from end of nozzle. Low raised base, depressed top, vertical loop-handle, side-knob, unpierced. No glaze. Buff clay, smoothly surfaced. Type XII (early spreading variety) of Corinth ... 22 May 1939

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C.