icon

[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 2058: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

About one-third of the body missing, and one side of the nozzle, and handle. Upper body ribbed; cornucopia-shaped lug. Letters on bottom. Red to black glaze. Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 3 March 1936

[Agora Object] L 2105: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Nozzle and handle missing. Upper body ribbed, with rosette on one side, cornucopia on the other. Underneatrh, signature in two lines. Black glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52B of Agora collection ... 12 March 1936

[Agora Object] L 2201: Lamp

Handle missing. Similar to L 2200, even to the lugs, but the top surrounded by a high edge. Two air holes at base of nozzle. Pale yellow-buff slip, very thin brownish glaze over top, upper part of outside, ... 3 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 2482: Lamp

Handle, part of walls, whole end of nozzle missing. Roughly oval, slightly concave base; ribbed rim, with rosette in relief at right, a bar-like object at left side. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 16-27 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 2868: Lamp

Handle and nozzle tip missing. Ribbed rim; rosette on left, cornucopia on right. Signed beneath in relief. Red glaze, dull and mottled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52B of Agora collection ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 3702: Lamp: Maker's Mark

The handle missing. Ribbed upper body; a rosette on one side, a dolphin on the other. Signed on the bottom, incised in the unbaked clay. Dull red glaze, worn. Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 24 April 1939

[Agora Deposit] D 11:1: Well

Well-shaft abandoned before use because of crumbling of rock. From top to 15.00m. a dumped fill predominantly early Roman but containing material of late 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. A rock filled shaft ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] R 13:1: Well

No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C. Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D.