Agora Object: L 599
Inventory Number:   L 599
Section Number:   ΣΤ' 174
Title:   Lamp
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Large lamp with high vertical ridge round top. The end of nozzle and the back part of handle broken away. Wheel made D.
Double convex body, the upper part much larger than the lower; on the left side, a large pierced knob.
Flat top, broad; surrounded by high ridge; round the central opening, a scratched groove.
Long nozzle; the sides tapering towards the narrow flattened top defined by two grooves starting together at the ridge and diversing as they approach the wick hole. Vertical band handle.
Low base, rising slightly in center.
Slightly metallic glaze; much flaked.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII of Corinth collection, type 37A of Agora collection.
Context:   Cistern: passage.
Negatives:   Leica, LIII-6
PD Number:   PD 635-128
Dimensions:   L. 0.152; W. 0.102; H. 0.045
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   5 May 1932
Section:   ΣΤ'
Grid:   ΣΤ':60/ΚΒ
Deposit:   I 17:5
    H-I 16-17
Period:   Hellenistic
Bibliography:   Agora IV, no. 494, p. 118, pls. 18, 44.
References:   Publication: Agora IV
Publication Pages (5)
Deposit: H-I 16-17
Deposit: I 17:5
Card: L 599