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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

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[Agora Object] L 932: Lamp

Handle and end of nozzle missing. A broad and a narrow raised band round the filling hole; ribs on the rim. Two dolphin-shaped lugs. Raised base, rising in the center. Poor metallic glaze inside and out; ... 3 May 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1846: Lamp

Ring foot, rising beneath. No handle. Upper body ribbed, with palmette at base of nozzle. Large double-scroll lugs on each side of body. Black glaze much peeled. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XVIII of Corinth ... 28 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1850: Lamp

Nozzle missing. No handle. Raised base, rising beneath. Upper body ribbed; two lugs, one shaped like a seashell, the other, pierced, like an astragal. Black glaze. Grayish clay. Type XVIII of Corinth ... 29 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 4192: Lamp

End of nozzle broken; otherwise intact. Two lugs, double spirals, on rim, and traces of other relief decoration. Band handle. Raised band around filling hole. Metallic glaze, rather flaked. Type XVIII ... 14 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4761: Lamp

Fragment preserving part of top and nozzle. Rays on top. Bust with long hair on nozzle. Unpierced lug at side. Glazed inside; glaze worn outside. Worn mould. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 45C ... 11 April 1933

[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.

[Agora Deposit] H-I-J 12-13: Middle Stoa Building Fill.

Middle Stoa Building Fill. Cf. also H-I-J 14-15, H-K 12-14 (ask SIR) (unsolved) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... Before ca. 150 B.C.