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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 32: Lamp

Broad, flat rim, sloping to center. Horizontal, broad handle broken. Long, deep nozzle, with small wick hole. Fairly high base; unglazed. Hard black glaze. Pale red Attic clay. Type VI (late 5th. century ... 16 June 1931

[Agora Object] L 1211: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and part of rim and body preserved. Broad, inward sloping rim preserved, with the start of the horizontal band handle, on the left side. Nozzle flat on top. Good black glaze, inside and out; much ... 20 May 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1874: Lamp Fragments

Two fragments, the smaller from the base; much missing from side and bottom. Glaze mottled black and red. Three additional fragments, including a second nozzle, unite the two first found, and give a large ... Late in 3rd. quarter of 5th. century-375 B.C.

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[Agora Object] L 2653: Lamp Fragment: Inscribed

Half the upper part preserved. Band handle broken off. Black glazed inside and out. Plain rim, incised on rim nozzle. Type VI (late 5th. century group variety) of Corinth collection, type 23A of Agora ... 13 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 3164: Lamp

End of nozzle and handle, with much of rim, missing. Groove around low base underneath. Black to brownish glaze, somewhat peeled; the resting surface and the groove unglazed. Type VI (late 5th. century ... 18 May-4 June 1937

[Agora Object] L 3269: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Nozzle only preserved. Inscribed on the flat top of the nozzle. Good black glaze, chipped. Type VI of Corinth collection, type 23A of Agora collection. Room XII between stroses with coins for the day, ... 17 February 1938

[Agora Object] L 3496: Base Fragment of Lamp with Graffito

Fragment of base and wall. Raised base, slightly concave; rounded wall. Good black glaze; underside reserved except around edge. Incised on underside. Type IV (later 5th. century group) of Corinth collection, ... 1 June 1938

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[Agora Object] L 4585: Two-Nozzled Lamp

Much of the walls and rim missing, with part of one nozzle and all but a trace of the second. Low ring foot; narrow rim slightly curved on top; wide central opening. Firm black glaze with metallic splotches; ... 17 May 1949

[Agora Object] L 4586: Lamp Fragment

Fragment preserving part of rim, wall and nozzle of a sizable lamp. A broad reserved band around inner edge of rim and a narrow line outside it. Firm glaze, dull; traces of burning. Type VI of Corinth ... 17 May 1949

[Agora Deposit] B 15:1: Well on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 9-10: Fill

Fills associated with construction of New Bouleuterion, i.e. inside porch, unused foundation trenches on west side and south side ... Down to last quarter of 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:11: Well

A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C.