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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 2859: Lamp

Band handle broken off. Ring foot, neatly grooved inside. Very small nozzle. Shallow body; flat insloping rim. Black glaze inside; outside unglazed, polished. Type VI (late 5th. century variety) of Corinth ... 22 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 3196: Lamp

About half the wall and rim missing, with all the back part, and the band handle save for one attachment. Shallow open variety; low flat base; short nozzle. Black glaze inside only; outside polished. Fine ... 22-24 March 1937

[Agora Deposit] F 5:3: Pit

Pit on north slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Traces of burning in the dirt fill; mixed in with this many fragments of fine pottery ... Ca. 450-420 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M 20:3: Well

Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.) Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C.