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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 1636: Lamp Fragment

About one-quarter of side preserved. Flat bottom; nearly straight side wall slightly thickened at lip; nozzle unbridged. The rim projects slightly at the outside; not on the inside. Attic clay, slipped ... Middle 6th century B.C.

[Agora Object] L 3240: Lamp Fragment

A single fragment preserves most of the bottom. The interior, which rises to a low cone at the center, is covered with good thick black glaze. The exterior is unglazed. Type 6A of Agora collection. Rectangular ... September 1932

[Agora Object] L 3498: Lamp Fragment

About half preserved, with one attachment for a broad horizontal ribbon handle, and a trace of the start of the nozzle. Flat bottom; rounded wall with nearly vertical rim; very open body. Thin red glaze ... 24 May 1938