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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 378: Lamp

Tip of nozzle broken off. No handle. Mold made. Deep, rather angular body, with greatest diameter near bottom. Top flat covered, surrounded by raised edge. Long, deep, wide nozzle, with narrow flat top ... 20 February 1932

[Agora Object] L 1930: Lamp

Low base. Wide flat rim sunk below top of side wall. No handle. Most of nozzle missing. Mold made. Pierced lug set well back on one side. Metallic black glaze. Grayish to buff clay. Type XVI (glazed variety) ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 3179: Lamp

The bottom, and the end of the nozzle missing. Straight side wall and flat rim, slightly inset. Pierced lug at one side. Mold made. Dull black glaze. Type XVI (glazed variety) of Corinth collection, type ... 1-8 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 4369: Lamp

Complete except for handle and chips. Mended from two pieces. Raised base; nearly straight walls; flat top slightly sunken; stubs of band handle. Unpierced lug on side. Poor black glaze over all; much ... May 1947

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.