Agora Object: L 1946
Inventory Number:   L 1946
Section Number:   Β' 872
Title:   Lamp Fragments
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Nozzle not preserved.
Flat round base, rising to a cone in center inside. The lamp body projects out beyond the base; the side is almost straight vertical, and the plain rim is tilted slightly downward.
Metallic glaze on floor inside; two fine lines on rim.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type 12B of Agora collection, type III (banded variety) of Corinth collection.
Cf. Agora IV, nos. 76-78, pp. 26-27, pls. 3, 31.
Corinth IV, ii, pp. 38-39, nos. 54-58, pl. I.
ADDENDA: Two joined fragments preserve half of the lamp, now restored.
Context:   Undisturbed filling of the Poros Building, S.W. of the Tholos.
500-440 B.C.
Negatives:   Leica, L-51
PD Number:   PD 635-24
Dimensions:   H. a) 0.023; Diam. a) (rim) ca. 0.09; Max. Dim. b) ca. 0.06; L. c) 0.042
Material:   Ceramic
Chronology:   Late 3rd. and 4th. quarters of 6th. century-early years of 5th. century B.C.
Date:   9 April 1935
Section:   Β'
Grid:   Β':56-60/ΙΘ-ΚΑ
Deposit:   E-F 12-14.1
Lot:   Lot Β' 26
    Lot Β' 27
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   Agora IV, no. 77, p. 27, pls. 3, 31.
Published Type:   Agora IV, nos. 76-78, pp. 26-27, pls. 3, 31.
    Corinth IV, ii, pp. 38-39, nos. 54-58, pl. I.
References:   Publication: Agora IV
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 37, p. 27
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 235, p. 225
Deposit: E-F 12-14
Deposit: E-F 12-14.1
Lot: Β' 26
Lot: Β' 27
Notebook: Β'-7
Notebook Page: Β'-7-54 (pp. 1126-1127)
Card: L 1946
Card: L 1946