Agora Object: T 1146
Inventory Number:   T 1146
Section Number:   Σ 667
Title:   Lantern Fragment
Category:   Terracotta
Description:   First interpretation: uncertain object.
Full width preserved, with part of top (or bottom), of one face, and of both sides.
In the face a large rectangular cutting, and two small round holes. Horizontal and vertical grooves.
White sizing, red and green paint; yellowish in interior.
Red clay.
ADDENDA: From a lantern, or, more likely a lichthäuschen in which lamps were placed. Very rare in Athens.
Context:   Found with coins for the day, nos. 89-126.
Negatives:   Leica, LXIX-25
Dimensions:   P.H. 0.045; W. 0.083; Th. 0.044
Material:   Terracotta
Date:   17 April 1936
Section:   Σ
Grid:   Σ:17-23/ΛΑ-ΛΣΤ
Elevation:   -2.20 to -2.60m.
Masl:   -2.6--2.2m.
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora VI, p. 82, fig. 6, no. 1106.
References:   Publication: Agora VI
Publication Page: Agora 6, s. 105, p. 93
Card: T 1146