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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 413: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Double convex body. Rim broad, decorated with ribs. Discus plain, surrounded by groove; central filling hole. Nozzle long, large, with central ridge and wide-spread, rounded ... 29 February 1932

[Agora Object] L 1157: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; fragments missing from the wall and bottom, and most of the handle. Raised ribs on the rim; on the rim opposite the nozzle a relief decoration, apparently intended for a satyr ... 30 June 1933

[Agora Object] L 2761: Lamp

Handle and much of sides missing. Raised ring around top; broad tongues on upper body. Poor red to brown glaze, much peeled. Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52 variant of Agora collection ... March-April 1936

[Agora Object] L 4856: Mold Fragment for Lamp

Small fragment of mold showing ray decoration on rim. Fine pinkish-buff clay. Mold for lamp of type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52 variant of Agora collection. Well East of Stoa Room 11, container ... May 1950

[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 10:1: Well East of Stoa Room 11

Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins: 4 May 1950 #1-#3 15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 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.