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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 420: Lamp

Flattened double convex body, sharp angle around center. On top, filling hole 0.016m. in diameter, surrounded by narrow rim, set off from body by groove of the same width. Nozzle slightly uptilted. Pared ... 2 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 427: Nozzle Fragment with Graffito

Long nozzle, flat top with concave sides and irregular shallow attachment groove. On top scratched in dry clay Good black glaze inside and out, slightly silvery lustre. Attic clay. Type VI (late 5th ... 2 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 429: Lamp

Top of standard of small lamp. No handle. Somewhat curving body, with greatest diameter below center. On top, groove with small inner raised edge around central opening. Small nozzle, with large wick hole ... 2 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 448: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of rim. Vertical band handle broken away. Broad rim; curving, with relief decoration of heart motif. Small top, concave. Dull black glaze much chipped. Gray clay. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 9 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 450: Lamp Fragment

Open nozzle, with cothon handle. Mended from many fragments; part of the bottom missing. Flaring rim, nearly flat at back, curving upwards toward front to form the pinched in nozzle. Low broad body with ... 29 February 1932

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[Agora Object] L 452: Lamp Fragment

Bottom and right side of body broken away. No handle. Flat horizontal rim, with two grooves near outer edge; rather small oil hole. Very deep body with vertical sides. Deep, broad nozzle; flat on top ... 14 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 454: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Left side broken away; lamp mended from two fragments. Narrow rim, sloping; set off by deep groove from well rounded body. Nozzle, flat on top, with letter "Δ" incised in the dry clay, on top of nozzle; ... 15 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 459: Lamp Fragment

Small lamp with open socket for stand. Rim and nozzle broken away. Fragmentary. Rounded body; apparently continuous with rim. No handle; small solid knob on left side. Bottom, rising slightly toward center ... 17 March 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

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[Agora Object] L 461: Lamp

Two small pieces missing, from rim and from body. Wheel made. Double convex body. Depressed top. Short nozzle, slightly turned up at fluked ends. Base simulated by a groove round the bottom of the body ... 16 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 470: Lamp Fragment

A heavy triangular nozzle is preserved, rather shallow, flat on top, and with an extremely small wick hole in the tip. The top of the nozzle merges with a small rim, down sloping round what appears to ... 19 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 482: Lamp

Miniature lamp. No handle. Continuous rim, with rounded body. Nozzle, flat on top; deep and broad. High base. Rather thin, lustrous black glaze, much flaked; base and lower front part of body, unglazed ... 30 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 484: Lamp Fragment

Upper part of two storied lamp. Nozzle, together with part of left side of lamp broken away. Traces of burning remain. Rim, finished with a heavy ring round the outside and round the oil hole; the outer ... 31 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 491: Lamp Fragment

Front part of an open-nozzled lamp preserved. Flat bottom with edges bevelled of; inward sloping rim; open nozzle formed by pulling out wall with thumb. From lamp of same type as L 415. Coarse, micaceous ... 1 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 492: Lamp

Lamp with incised decoration on nozzle. Vertical band handle broken away. Shallow, double convex body. Wheel made. Rim indicated only by groove scratched through glaze round filling hole; a similar scratched ... 2 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 494: Lamp

Left side of lamp, tip and left side of nozzle missing. Shallow, curving body; the flat rim merging with the sides. Small, horizontal band handle. Small nozzle, encroaching somewhat on rim. The inside, ... 2 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 500: Lamp Fragment

Seems to preserve part of central tube for setting on stand. Good brownish-black glaze, much worn. Gray clay. Type XIX (?) of Corinth collection, type 27 variants of Agora collection. Leica, L-91 PD 635-100 ... 4 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 506: Lamp

Body with nearly vertical sides, curving in rapidly to base from point of greatest circumference. Broad top; meets sides at an angle; filling hole, surrounded by narrow insloping rim set off by broad groove ... 5 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 513: Lamp

End of nozzle broken away. Double convex body with sharp angle between halves. On rim, raised ovolo. Top surrounded by high edge. Filling hole with slightly raised edge with three auxiliary holes. Nozzle, ... 7 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 524: Lamp

Double convex body, the lower half much deeper than the upper; on the left side, a solid, cornucopia-like knob. Very small top, surrounded by a heavy ridge. Long nozzle, rising to a narrow grooved band ... 16 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 528: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Body approaching double convex. Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove. Narrow nozzle, pointed; flat on top. At the left side a pierced knob, projecting to a point ... 18 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 529: Lamp

Body approaching double convex; upper part larger than lower, rising to filling hole which is set off by a groove; no handle or knob. Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove. Long nozzle, blunt at ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 533: Two Nozzle Lamp

Lamp with two opposite nozzles and solid projection in center of infundibulum. Rounded body, sloping in towards top. On rim, narrow band round large filling hole; set off from body by deep unglazed groove ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 535: Lamp: Inscribed

Body, nearly vertical sided; name scratched along right side. Narrow rim, sloping; set off from body by scraped groove. Long, deep nozzle; the first four letters of the name repeated, scratched in the ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 537: Three Nozzle Lamp

Three nozzles equally spaced round low circular body. Low cup in center of infundibulum. Shallow body; slightly rounding; no handle. Very narrow rim, sloping down round extremerly large central opening; ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 538: Lamp

Body with curving sides merging into very narrow rim, turned down round large central opening. Long nozzle, blunt; fairly flat on top. Horizontal band handle, set at a slight angle to body. Broad low base, ... 425-375 B.C.

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[Agora Object] L 539: Lamp

Slightly rounding body, with pierced knob on left side. Short nozzle, flat on top. Broad sloping rim, set off from body by deep groove, partly scraped free of glaze. High base, rising to a point in the ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 540: Lamp

Shallow double convex body. Long nozzle, with triangular end and large wick hole. Raised band surrounding small flat top continues to wick hole, forming a channel. On rim, moulded rays. High vertical band ... 19 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 549: Lamp

Ball-shaped body; slightly flattened on top. Rim consits of narrow raised band round filling hole, set off from body by a broad and a narrow groove. Neither handle or knob. Rather small, deep nozzle and ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 551: Lamp

Nozzle broken away. Thick watch-shaped body, approaching double convex. Ribs, much worn, radiated over upper part of body from the small top, which consists only of a shallow groove round the filling hole ... 22 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 552: Lamp

Vertical band handle and the left side of the body are broken away. Watch-shaped body, flattened on top, with radiating ribs covering the upper part, from a small raised ring round the filling hole. On ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 553: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Watch-shaped body; the upper part covered with ribs which radiate from a sunken band round the filling hole. Long, pointed nozzle; two grooves on top. On the left side ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 554: Lamp

Mended from many fragments; incomplete. Vertical band handle broken away. Thick watch-shaped body, tending to double convex. Long, pointed nozzle, rounded on top. On the right side of the body, a small, ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 555: Lamp

Sharply double convex body, with large solid knob on left side. On top, wide raised band, sloping down toward filling hole. Long nozzle, rounded at end, the nozzle broadening toward the tip, where the ... 22 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 556: Two Nozzle Lamp

Lamp with two opposite nozzles and central tube. Top of the body broken. Wheel made. Double convex body, with flat bottom, and a narrow flat rim round a fairly large central opening. From the bottom of ... 22 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 557: Two Nozzle Lamp

Lamp with two opposite nozzles, two side knobs and central tube. Most of one nozzle missing. Fragmentary. Wheel made. Rounding body, with high base; hollow conical tube passing from center of base through ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 558: Lamp

Lamp with very large crudely made nozzle and raised rim round upper part of body. Tip of nozzle broken. Wheel made. Rounding body, with down sloping rim set off from body by irregular groove. The wall ... 22 April 1932

[Agora Object] L 559: Seven Nozzle Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Fragmentary. Double convex body, the lower part entirely missing. Top sunken around filling hole. Nozzles set at irregular intervals round the circular body of the lamp; ... 22 April 1932