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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 1190: Lamp Fragments with Central Cone

One piece preserves the cone and a part of the rim; the other a small piece of the rim and the edge of the wick hole. The rim slopes inward sharply; it does not project on the outside. The wick hole extended ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1554: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and part of rim and body to left preserved. Rim nearly flat on top. Practically no outward projection. Glaze black on rim, nozzle and bottom of interior. Transparent glaze on exterior. Type 19B ... 525-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 2446: Lamp

Front part and most of floor preserved. Round bottomed lamp with vertical collar and flat rim not projecting outside. Red to black glaze inside, on rim and on nozzle. Attic clay. Type III (plain variety) ... 27 May 1936

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[Agora Object] L 3373: Lamp

A hollow cone at the center of the floor. Rim nearly flat. Nozzle, encroaching slightly on rim, is tilted up. Uneven black glaze on inside, rim and nozzle. Underside, dilute glaze wash. Type III (plain ... 525-ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 3416: Lamp Fragment

Fragment preserving most of floor and a small piece of wall and rim. Bottom rises to hollow cone in center of floor. Rim slopes sharply inward. Black glaze on floor and rim, thin wash on exterior. Type ... 525-ca. 480 B.C.

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[Agora Object] L 3554: Lamp

One nozzle chipped, and the central cone. Two nozzles, opposite each other. Walls rounded to flat bottom; rim slopes inwards, without projection. Open truncated cone in middle of floor. Black glaze inside, ... 16 June 1938

[Agora Deposit] E 14:5: Unfinished Well, Well G

Found in 13/06/1935. Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C.