Agora Object: L 6101
Inventory Number:   L 6101
Section Number:   ΒΕ 2159
Excavation Number:   hartzler:2003:f:2
Title:   Lamp with Bull's Head
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Nozzle missing, otherwise intact.
Disk: bull's head in two framing rings interrupted by handle. Rim: two panels with incised branches. Nozzle: set off from rim by two parallel grooves with punched holes in between. Solid grooved handle. Base: incised heart-shaped leaf with an A (?). Features very soft, worn mold.
Orange-buff clay, purplish metallic red glaze, dark brown at front edge.
Mid. 4th c. A.D.
Context:   Fill in Roman well.
Notebook Page:   9859
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.10; W. 0.073; H. (w/ handle) 0.043
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   25 June 2003
Section:   ΒΕ
Grid:   K/2,3-1/10,11
Elevation:   50.442m.
Masl:   50.442m.
Deposit:   K 1:4
Basket:   hartzler:2003:b:1
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Boyer (2017), no. 127, p. 258, pl. 17.
    Hesperia 76 (2007), pp. 636-637, fig. 9.
Published Type:   Agora VII, nos. 1046, 1054 and 1681 for base.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:L 2438
    Agora:Object:L 4197
    Agora:Object:L 3449
References:   Publication: Agora VII
Publication: Boyer (2017)
Publication: Hesperia 76 (2007)
Report: 2003 Excavations
Images (4)
Deposit: K 1:4
Card: L 6101