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[Agora Object] B 455: Lamp: Ithyphallic Figure

Bearded figure wearing a short straight cloak from which the phallos which served as lamp nozzle projects. Filling hole in top of head. Pierced at the temples with a small hole throught which passes a ... 11 May 1937

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[Agora Object] L 1233: Plastic Lamp

An Eros, with a high diadem, below which long curls fall down his back, and with wings springing above his shoulders, holds in front of him, at waist level, a small lamp with three nozzles, in the shape ... 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1234: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Preserved is only the upper part of a negro, and part of the handle above his head. Red matte glaze. Buffy orange clay. Debris from destruction of the building (late 3rd. or early 4th. century A.D. ?) ... 1933

[Agora Object] L 1235: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Preserved is only half of the almond-shaped base, outlined by a single groove, and part of the side wall. The wall has a curious rough finish (perhaps a "brandfehl"). Inscribed on the bottom. Red-brown ... 7 March 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1251: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Boy's head. Eye, ear, and filling hole in top preserved. Red wash. With late Roman and Turkish sherds. Leica, LXVIII-83 ... 9 February 1934

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[Agora Object] L 1339: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Head of Satyr

The Satyr is drinking from kantharos, which he grasps with both hands. Horn on one side; pointed ear; pierced eyes, snob nose. Reddish-brown wash. Pinkish-buff clay. Late Roman. Cf. L 710, TC 380, TC ... 17 March 1934

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[Agora Object] L 1424: Base of Plastic Lamp

The lamp had a standing figure on it. It is crudely ribbed, and has a blunt nozzle projecting from it. Dull red glaze. Cf. L 707. 286 Leica, LXIX-12 ... 24 March 1934

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[Agora Object] L 1449: Plastic Lamp: Head

Broken away behind and at the neck. Head from plastic lamp (?). High headdress, or handle (?) The eyes pierced. Flaky red glaze over buff clay. Probably from plastic lamp. ADDENDA: Negroid head, Mime ... Ca. 200-250 A.D.

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[Agora Object] L 1482: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Boy with amphora. The left side, part of the back, and the nozzle broken off. Grotesque ithyphallic figure kneeling on his left knee, facing right, his face pressed against a large amphora on a pedestal, ... Mid 3rd. century A.D.

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[Agora Object] L 1538: Head from Plastic Lamp

A grotesque male head, beardless. A suspension hole at the top; the eyes pierced. Purplish-brown wash. Pinkish-buff clay. Hellenistic context. Leica, LXIX-22 ... 8 May 1934

[Agora Object] L 1628: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Broken away below. The left cheek damaged. Minor fractures. Eros, with wings outstretched, rests his head upon his right knee, which is drawn up. Deep round holes for the eyes. Crude incisions for details ... 8 February 1935

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[Agora Object] L 1655: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of the discus of a large lamp (?). A bear attacks a man. The foreparts of the bear and one leg and an arm of the man, with short sword, are preserved. Red glaze, on the top, a little along one ... 16 February 1935

[Agora Object] L 1828: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Eros

The head and one wing of an Eros figure preserved. The eyes are gouged; the hair comes down in long curls at the sides of the face. Buff colored clay covered with purple-brown paint, except for the wings ... 21 May 1935

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[Agora Object] L 1881: Pediform Lamp

A small chip from the heel missing. Sandal straps ornamented with small, impressed circles; the toes indicated by shallow incisions. The sole is hobnailed. Two small handles on the top for suspension ... 5 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 2011: Plastic Lamp Fragment

The left wing, arm, and part of the hair of a figure of Eros which serves as a handle for a lamp. Remains of dark red glaze. Light red clay. ADDENDA Cf. a larger example, L 1223. Great Drain, gravel fill ... 22 February 1936

[Agora Object] L 5135: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Part of high semi-circular base and lower extremity of figure preserved. Point of attachment for nozzle on front of base. Dull red glaze on outside and part of inside. Traces of white over red (lost in ... 4 May 1954

[Agora Object] L 5208: Plastic Lamp

Nozzle at bottom broken away. Standing cloaked child with hood; hands under cloak. Filling hole and knob handle on back. Brown to red matte glaze unevenly applied. Buff clay. Soft fill behind junction ... 18 May 1955

[Agora Object] L 5243: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Broken all around. Fragment from wall of plastic lamp showing a man, semi-draped, reclining on a couch hung with drapery. Thin red to black glaze. Dark pinkish-buff clay. Leica ... 24 February 1934

[Agora Object] L 5251: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Male Torso

Fragment preserves torso to waist with upper part of outstretched left arm of male figure. Interior hollow. Thick red glaze on exterior. Porous red clay. Context unknown. Leica ... 1956

[Agora Object] L 5286: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Fragment from top of lamp, preserves suspension handle and head and right arm of a child. Probably Eros on a couch. Worn red glaze, pierced eyes. Reddish clay. Catalogued 1957. Library destruction fill, ... 18-24 May 1939

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[Agora Object] L 5297: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Head of boy in Phrygian cap, preserved from top to neck, eyes pierced. Pinkish-buff clay. North area west of road ca. ΚΔ at floor level. Leica, 80-540 ... 9 May 1957

[Agora Object] L 5315: Plastic Lamp

Mended from four fragments; part of top missing. Double-nozzled plastic lamp with two grotesque faces sharing a single pair of ears. Small holes pierced clear through for eyes and nostrils, serving as ... 28 May 1957

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[Agora Object] L 2299: Plastic Lamp: Eros

Most of the right wing missing; the end of the nozzle and much of the front of the body broken away. A seated figure, nude except for boxing gloves that reach above his elbows, rests his right elbow on ... 24 April 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2301: Plastic Lamp

Broken off below, and most of the right side and the back missing. Preserved is a standing figure. A small curly-haired girl wearing a long cloak with a hood hanging down the back. Eyes pierced. The lamp ... 25 April 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2396: Lamp with Attached Figurine

Nude standing youth, complete except for head, left arm, and left leg below knee. Projection at inside of right heel broken away. The figure, elaborately modelled, stands on his right foot, with right ... 14 May 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2409: Plastic Lamp Fragment

The lower body missing. The upper part of a moulded child's face with cheeks puffed out and lips pursed as if whistling; the mouth the wick hole. A grooved pierced handle at center of forehead, filling ... 19 May 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2503: Plastic Lamp

Complete except for the nozzle, which projected from the front of the figure, and which appears to have served also as infundibulum, since the base of the figure is open below. The figure, Teleshoros, ... 5 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 2615: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Broken on all sides. Most of front of head, and part of chest, of a nude bearded man, head bent forward onto chest. Eyes pierced. Red glaze outside. Pink clay. Late Roman. Provenience unknown; no context ... 1936

[Agora Object] L 2668: Lamp Fragment

The lower part of the handle of a very large lamp. Grooves on the handle, which is punched but not pierced. Purplish-red glaze. Pinkish clay. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. With coins nos. 9-59 for ... 24 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 3005: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve most of lower part of plastic lamp. Exterior dull red glaze. Cf. L 2498, Φ 288, for the series with which this lamp belongs. Well. Container 62. Leica, LXVIII-83 ... 6 April 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3006: Mask: Handle of Lamp

Broken away behind. Open mouth, snub nose, pierced eyes, hair parted in middle and piled high. Flaky brown glaze. Clay pink at core, yellow on surface. At attachment from the shield of a lamp, or part ... 29 April 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3007: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Broken away below chest and behind. Pan, holding his pipes with both hands to his chin. Eyes pierced. Thin red paint. Buff clay. Cf. L 710. From demolition of Roman house to east of Tholos, filling below ... 7 May 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3017: Plastic Lamp: Isis

Figure of a woman, swaddled tightly, like a mummy, with her arms straight down her sides inside the swaddling bands. The feet, each with six toes, stick out below; and the nozzle below the feet. Air hole ... 8 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 3103: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Two nozzles, and the left hand of a supporting figure remain. The lamp has been damaged by fire. A shell-shaped infundibulum with originally probably three nozzles, an Amazon 's shield on top at the preserved ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Object] L 3104: Figurine Lamp: Telesphoros

Youth in long hooded cloak, on a high hollow stand. Ithyphallic nozzle. Filling hole beside neck to left; vertical handle behind. Unglazed. Red clay. Ανθρωπόμορφος λύχνος, με μορφή Τελεσφόρου. Σχεδόν ... 9 June 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3459: Plastic Lamp

Broken in two pieces; complete save minor fractures. A draped figure standing on a high round base, and holding in front of it two bunches of grapes and other fruit. A straight cloak envelops the figure ... 23 May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3466: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Telesphoros

Mended from two pieces. Upper part of a draped standing child, enveloped in a cloak which fastens down the front, and wearing a pointed hood. Light red clay; buff surface. Well, lower fill, bottom; dump ... 23 May 1938

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[Agora Object] L 3501: Plastic Lamp

Intact. Grotesque head in a peaked cap; floppy ears, slobbery lips, and crooked nose. Pierced grooved handle on the cap; filling hole between the handle and the peak of the cap. Poor red to brown glaze ... 8 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 3542: Figurine Fragment: From Plastic Lamp

Right edge preserved; broken at top, bottom, left and back. At right edge a lamp on stand in relief, against a pilaster. Beside it at left, head of a figure only preserved; bald-headed, broad-nosed man ... 8 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 3650: Plastic Lamp Fragment: Telesphoros

The head and the upper part of the front of a hooded draped figure, probably a girl; part of a plastic lamp such as L 3459. Red clay with thin pinkish surface; right side much burned and peeled. House ... 9 March 1939