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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

[Agora Object] L 2380: Lamp

Back part missing. Semi-pierced knob. Floor rises to a high cone inside. Blister ware; wheel made. Unglazed. Blistery pale red clay. Type IX of Corinth collection, type 28B of Agora collection. Cistern ... 3-6 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 3524: Lamp

Intact. Concave base, pierced knob, no handle. Low rounded body with groove around filling hole. Nozzle flattened on top. Imitation blister ware fabric (?). Buff clay with light gray wash; pared surfaces ... 6 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 3627: Lamp

About half of rim and top missing; nozzle chipped. Watch-shaped body on low concave base; side knob, single groove around filling hole. Long nozzle. Unglazed; traces of buff slip. Orange clay. Type IX ... 25 May-9 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 4095: Lamp

Chip from left side missing, may have held a lug. Flat bottom; watch shaped body with plain rim; groove around filling hole; long nozzle; unpierced lug on right side; no handle. Blister ware. Handmade ... 25 May 1946

[Agora Deposit] E 3:1: Cistern at 44/Η

Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 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.