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| 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 |
| Mended from several pieces; large piece missing from one side, but profile complete.
Shallow open lamp with incurving lip and raised base with tapering outline, narrow resting surface, and slightly concave ... 2 June 1951 |
| Handle and chip of rim missing; minor chips.
Narrow rounded rim which turns sharply downward.
Nozzle rises noticeably. Low base, slightly concave below.
Black glaze, much chipped, all over.
Type IV of ... 9 June 1951 |
| Mended from two pieces; a little of rim and wall, and the band handle missing.
Heavy bottom, but low raised base, concave beneath. Band handle.
Good black glaze, not covering base.
Type 23C of Agora collection ... 6 June 1951 |
| Mended from five pieces; the bottom missing, the band handle, and chips.
Rather neat low lamp; the wick hole is very small.
Good black glaze.
Type 23A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA This is not a standard ... 6 June 1951 |
| Back part with roots of handle preserved.
Moulded rim; ring foot with curving profile and moulded inner side; slightly convex bottom. Glazed inside out except inner side of rim, resting surface and bottom, ... 6 June 1951 |
Nozzle and part of rim, body and foot preserved.
Unbridged nozzle. Rim flat on top with raised ridge at outer and inner edge, decorated with cross strokes of glaze. High heavy spreading ring foot. Interior ... 18 June 1951 |
Broken but essentially complete except for end of nozzle, broken in antiquity.
Pierced knob at left. The rim sharply undercut by the groove at its outer edge. Raised base.
Black glaze inside only.
Pinkish-buff ... 27 June 1951 |
Single fragment of base and wall with trace of nozzle.
Signature in relief letters.
Black glaze.
Hard, gray clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cistern, container ... April-May 1937 |
Two joining fragments give profile; handle and tip of nozzle missing.
Watch-shaped body, small discus set off by grooved ridge; rim undecorated; vertical handle.
Dull glaze, mottled red to black, on exterior ... May 1950 |
Small fragment of rim and discus; broad rim decorated with large leaves and buds (?).
Discus set off by groove.
Dull black glaze.
Hard buff clay with bits.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 50B of ... May 1950 |
Small fragment of mold showing ray decoration on rim.
Fine pinkish-buff clay.
Mold for lamp of type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52 variant of Agora collection. Well East of Stoa Room 11, container ... May 1950 |
Two thirds of body and two nozzles preserved; top missing.
Vertical wall and low base top broken away inside a raised edge. Two nozzles set fairly near together. Each nozzle has a flange at either side ... May 1950 |
Nozzle and horizontal band handle missing.
Low raised base.
Fairly good glaze, somewhat mottled in firing.
Underside reserved.
Type IV of Corinth collection, type 21B of Agora collection. Well; Box 42 ... May-June 1951 |
Fragment preserving nozzle, with a little of rim and wall. Fragmentary.
Short nozzle with large wick hole, encroaching considerably on the rim.
Glaze mottled to gray and red; somewhat peeled.
Type IV ... May-June 1951 |
Fragment preserving nozzle, with part of wall and flat raised base.
Fairly short nozzle, the wick-hole encroaching somewhat on the rim.
Black glaze, thick but considerably peeled; end of nozzle much grayed ... May-June 1951 |
Fragment preserving nozzle, with part of wall and top; inner edge of top not preserved.
Short nozzle with large wick hole. The wall curves as in type IV, but the top is offset and raised above the level ... May-June 1951 |
Two joining fragments preserve nozzle and part of rim and wall; bridge of nozzle broken away.
Rather flat spoon-shaped nozzle with large wick hole. Rim curves to a fairly steep angle in lower wall.
Good ... May-June 1951 |
| Fragment preserving part of nozzle and most of one side of lamp; rim and wall profile complete, but center of floor lacking.
Sharply convex wall; bottom apparently plain and flat: no base.
At the inner ... May-June 1951 |
Fragment from wall and rim. The attachment of one end of a horizontal band handle and the spring of the nozzle are preserved. The handle apparently on the side of the lamp at right angles to the nozzle ... May-June 1951 |
Small piece preserving a little of rim and nozzle.
Rim flat on top so far as preserved. The clay near the edge of the wick hole rises up slightly, as if the nozzle had an upward tilt. This could suggest ... May-June 1951 |
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 |
Handle and fragments of discus and body missing. Partly restored in plaster.
Double convex body. Wide flat discus set off from rim by a raised ridge which at front extends out to enclose the nozzle. Tip ... 1937 |
Broken all around.
Raised base and a little of wall of a mold made lamp.
Signature incised in the unbaked clay.
Thin red to brown glaze.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cf. Type 50B ... 8 April 1952 |
Two non-joining parts including rim and one handle attachment.
Shallow body flattened on top. Plain rim; horizontal handle. Walls show deep curve.
Traces of flaky black and red glaze inside and outside ... May 1952 |
Fragment including part of rim and base.
Open bowl with flat base, plain rim.
Height of wall rises considerably where rim begins to be pinched in for spout.
Handmade.
Micaceous red clay with gray core ... May 1952 |
Part of mold for lower half of large lamp with slightly fluked nozzle; one side of the wall missing.
Flat bottom; straight sides. On the bottom, under the nozzle, three small round holes; further back, ... 1952 |
Lower half of body with root of handle preserved.
Relief signature.
Dull red glaze, much flaked.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
ADDENDA Monogram of "ΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ" (?).
Cf. L 2086, for clay, ... 25 April 1953 |
Handle missing; otherwise intact except for chips and cracks.
Sunken discus with three small holes, besides the main filling hole. Very low base. Spirals in relief on shoulder.
Gray glaze wash.
Light gray ... 1953 |
| Nozzle and part of rim missing.
Open socket. Bevelled base. Concave sides sloping inward. Grooved rim. Signs of burning.
Inside, remains of metallic brown glaze; on outside, traces of glaze wash (?).
Gritty ... July 1952 |
| Back part of infundibulum missing.
Small lamp on base, slightly concave beneath; high rounded body; concave rim. No handle or lug.
Covered inside and out with thin red wash.
Type 25B' of Agora collection ... 25 August 1953 |
| Tip of nozzle missing.
V-shaped profile; depressed rim around filling hole, pierced lug. Low raised base.
Thin dull red to black glaze, all over.
Type 34A of Agora collection. Trench for foundation of ... 27 August 1953 |
| Part of central tube and rim missing.
Small lamp with high raised base.
Glazed by dipping, inside and out.
Type 27A of Agora collection. Terrace; first northern extension; layer 4. 2770 Leica, 91-8-04 ... 27 November 1953 |
| Tip of nozzle, a little of rim and broad band handle broken away.
Pitted black glaze.
Incised on rim toward back.
Type VI of Corinth collection, type 23C of Agora collection.
From tumbled stones at ... 13 March 1954 |
Vertical loop handle broken away.
Watch-shaped body, long nozzle with spoon-shaped wick hole; high tapering collar.
Roughly made on the wheel; string marks below.
Traces of thin brown to red wash on top ... 31 March 1954 |
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