Agora Object: L 4212
Inventory Number:   L 4212
Section Number:   ΝΝ 2844
Title:   Lamp: Inscribed
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Μελαμβαφής λύχνος με επιγραφή "Διοκλέους "
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Intact except for horizontal strap handle at back missing.
Raised base, slightly concave beneath. Scraped groove around narrow rim.
Inscribed on one side and on the other, upside down to the lamp, and on the top of the nozzle.
Good black glaze over all, except resting surface.
Type VIIA of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora collection.
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ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Τροχοποίητος λύχνος, τύπου VII, Διοκλέους. Λείπει η οριζόντια ταινιόσχημη λαβή του ευρήματος (375 - 285 π.Χ.).
Context:   Loose brown fill; fourth century and Hellenistic.
Notebook Page:   4823
Negatives:   Leica, L-80, 83-303
PD Number:   PD 646, 1133-13 (M 14), 635-85, 1133-23 (F 177)
Dimensions:   H. 0.035; L. 0.094; W. 0.064
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   29 May 1947
Section:   ΝΝ
Grid:   ΝΝ:66-70/ΚΓ-ΚΖ
Period:   Greek
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 14 (1974), fig. 48.
    AgoraPicBk 9 (1963), fig. 84.
    Agora IV, no. 267, p. 68, pls. 9, 23, 38.
    Agora XXI, nos. F 177, M 14, pp. 41, 95, pls. 19, 60.
References:   Publications (4)
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 78, p. 68
Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 241, p. 231
Report: 1947 ΝΝ
Report Page: 1947 ΝΝ, s. 9
Images (5)
Notebook: ΝΝ-24
Notebook: ΝΝ-25
Notebook Page: ΝΝ-24-23 (pp. 4636-4637)
Notebook Page: ΝΝ-25-16 (pp. 4822-4823)
Card: L 4212
Card: L 4212