[Agora Deposit] D 7:2: Theseion 'Street' Deposit

Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 9:6: Marble Chips Pit

Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion. Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects ... Ca. 450 B.C. Ca. 390-380 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:3: Well

Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building. Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:5: 'Cellar Cut' inside Tholos. Layer IV.

Exploration over bedrock inside the Tholos; levels of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] L 2181: Lamp Fragment

Half of an unglazed lamp of coarse, highly micaceous clay like that of a household pot. Bottom nearly flat; sides flaring, then concave in profile. Flat rim. Probably not Attic. Type 16 variant of Agora ... 1 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 2186: Lamp

Most of one nozzle missing. Rounding bottom; small central socket; large spoon-shaped nozzles, opposite each other, encroaching slightly on rim. Black glaze inside, on nozzles, and on rim, save for a reserved ... 19-23 March 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2833: Lamp

Part of one side remains. Flattish rim, projecting very slightly on outside. Black glaze on floor and in two bands on rim and around nozzle. Type II of Corinth collection, type 16 of Agora collection ... 13 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 1176: Lamp Fragment

The back part of the lamp preserved, with the start of a horizontal band handle. The rim, the inside, and the handle area glazed, with a reserved band on the rim. No base; on the bottom and outside, thin ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1200: Lamp Fragment

A part of the left side, with stubs of a horizontal handle, preserved. The rim projects on the inside slightly, as in lamps of type II, but it curves downward sharply around the central opening, as in ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1555: Lamp Fragment

One side of nozzle attachment and about half of rim and body preserved. Rim, rounded on top, slopes sharply inward. Slight projection on exterior. Bottom rises toward center. Glaze, black on rim and nozzle; ... Ca. 525-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 3415: Lamp

Nozzle and handle missing, and chips. Small bottom flat beneath, rising to a cone at the center inside. Angular body. Broadly projecting rim. Rolled horizontal handle. Black glaze except for handle space ... Publication: last years of 6th c. -ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 4659: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleus

Two joining fragments and one non-joining, from the rim and upper wall of a lamp. Inscribed to either side of band. Black glaze on rim with reserved band. Type II of Corinth collection, type 16 of Agora ... 20 October 1949

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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