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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 188: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of nozzle and rim. Lower half and tip of nozzle missing. Rather narrow rim, sloping towards the central opening; set off from the side by an unglazed groove. Fairly broad nozzle, flat on top; ... 21 July 1931

[Agora Object] L 192: Lamp

Miniature lamp. Rim merges with the body; at the inner edge, a groove, and a small ridge round the central opening. Sides curving outwrad toward junction with rim. Irregular nozzle, spoon-shaped; rather ... 22 July 1931

[Agora Object] L 264: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and fragment of rim preserved. On rim, single rill, its bottom reserved. Nozzle long and deep, scratched in dry clay of its top. Thin, somewhat metallic black glaze inside and outside. Fine red ... 17 July 1931

[Agora Object] L 429: Lamp

Top of standard of small lamp. No handle. Somewhat curving body, with greatest diameter below center. On top, groove with small inner raised edge around central opening. Small nozzle, with large wick hole ... 2 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 454: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Left side broken away; lamp mended from two fragments. Narrow rim, sloping; set off by deep groove from well rounded body. Nozzle, flat on top, with letter "Δ" incised in the dry clay, on top of nozzle; ... 15 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 535: Lamp: Inscribed

Body, nearly vertical sided; name scratched along right side. Narrow rim, sloping; set off from body by scraped groove. Long, deep nozzle; the first four letters of the name repeated, scratched in the ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] L 859: Lamp

Sides approaching the vertical; high base, rising in the center; no handle. Outside the rim, which slopes downward only very slightly, a broad groove. Once covered with thin black glaze, now very largely ... 4 April 1933

[Agora Object] L 1488: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

The bottom of a large round lamp with thickening bottom and high ring base. Incised on the bottom of the base, a rough graffito. Black glaze inside and out, except on resting surface. Pinkish-buff clay ... 25 April 1934

[Agora Object] L 1970: Base of Lamp with Graffito

Lower part only preserved, with a sharply defined base. The bottom is unglazed, and on it is scratched a "Λ". Good black glaze. Pinkish-buff clay. Type VIIA (?) of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora ... 5 February 1936

[Agora Object] L 3068: Lamp Fragment with Graffiti

Lower half and raised base preserved. On under side of foot, scratched numbers. Black glaze, worn. Attic clay. Type 25A of Agora collection, type VIIa of Corinth collection. In late Roman fill. Leica, ... 18 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 3532: Lamp

Intact. Small lamp with no knob; raised base; sides rather straight. Scraped groove around rim. Glaze red to brown. Type VIIA of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora collection. ADDENDA E.M.: Found ... 8 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 3653: Lamp with Graffito

Handle and chips are missing; fragmentary. Broad body; single scraped groove around the large filling hole; horizontal band handle. Thin metallic black glaze, except on underside of raised base. "Σ Α Ζ" ... 27 February 1939

[Agora Object] L 3742: Lamp

Intact except for end of nozzle and chips. Deep-bodied lamp, broader below than above; raised base; slightly concave beneath. Deep scraped groove, colored red, around narrow down sloping rim. Partly scraped ... 9 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3773: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Fragment of heavy base with large part of one side. Trace of horizontal handle (?) on wall. Metallic black glaze except on bottom. Incised on side between handle and nozzle. Type VII of Corinth collection, ... 10 May 1939

[Agora Deposit] F 16:1: Demeter Cistern

Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C.

[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] O 20:3: Well at 67/ΛΓ

Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2. Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin 28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C.