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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

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[Agora Object] L 4799: Lamp with Graffito

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

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[Agora Object] L 4824: Lamp

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

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[Agora Object] L 4826: Lamp

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

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[Agora Object] L 4827: Lamp Fragment

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

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[Agora Object] L 4832: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4835: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4836: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4847: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

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

[Agora Object] L 4854: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4855: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4856: Mold Fragment for Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4857: Two Nozzle Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4863: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 4864: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4865: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4866: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4867: Lamp Fragment

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

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[Agora Object] L 4868: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 4869: Lamp Fragment

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