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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 2866: Lamp

Complete. Plain top and rim separated by a raised band. Beneath, within a circle, a large "alpha". Dull brownish glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 44D of Agora collection. Cistern, west end ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 3904: Lamp

Handle broken off. Plain upper body and sunken discus, long triangular nozzle. Flat bottom, the center broken out, signed "alpha" in relief. Black glaze, much peeled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 8 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 4883: Lamp

Fragments of body missing. Restored in plaster. Double convex body. Small plain discus set off from rim by a raised ridge. Another raised ridge connects this with the flat top surface of the pointed nozzle ... 1937

[Agora Deposit] B 21:1: Cistern

Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins: 7 June 1939 #12 8 June 1939 #18-#19 9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C.