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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 1202: Lamp

Mended from three pieces. None of the rim preserved, and only a trace of the start of the nozzle. Neat ring base reserved on resting surface and inside, with three small concentric circles of glaze at ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1206: Lamp Fragment with Central Cone

Mended from two pieces; a third does not join. Most of the right side of the body preserved, with the start of the handle at the back. Only the start of the rim preserved. Flat raised base, pierced with ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1950: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and about one-quarter of the rim preserved. The rim is flat, very slightly concave. Three bands on rim. Attic clay; the nozzle and interior have rather metalic black glaze. Type 19 Variants of ... 525-ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 3961: Lamp

Fragment of body at back, with horizontal rolled handle, missing. Low flat base, depressed at center to correspond with small roughly conical projection at center of floor. Narrow rim, nearly flat on top; ... 21 June 1939

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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.