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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 388: Lamp

Left side of body broken off. Horizontal band handle broken away. Body narrows slightly toward top. Medium wide rim, down sloping; set off from body by wide deep groove. Long nozzle, flat on top; rather ... 24 February 1932

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[Agora Object] L 1507: Lamp

The body mended; the handle and fragments of wall missing. Fair black glaze, scratched away from a line around the rim. High base unglazed beneath. Type VII (glazed variety) of Corinth collection, type ... 2 May 1934

[Agora Object] L 3221: Lamp Fragment

Most of nozzle and about half of wall and rim broken away. Broad scraped groove around rim. Slightly concave base. Poor black glaze inside and out; reserved, underside of foot. Pinkish-buff clay. Type ... 24-26 August 1937

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[Agora Object] L 4212: Lamp: Inscribed

Intact except for horizontal strap handle at back missing. Raised base, slightly concave beneath. Scraped groove around narrow rim. Inscribed on one side and on the other, upside down to the lamp, and ... 29 May 1947

[Agora Deposit] H 6:9: Cave Cistern

Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 7:3: Construction Filling

Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C.