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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 2648: Lamp

Handle and a bit of nozzle missing. Rounded nozzle; discus with tongue pattern. Slightly concave base. Dull glaze, much flaked, brownish to gray. Fine slightly micaceous clay, dark beige to gray. Type ... April-June 1936

[Agora Object] L 2760: Lamp Fragment

Lower part and handle missing. Moulded. On upper body, tongues with bars between and nodules at their inner ends. Rounded nozzle. Poor red glaze, much peeled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 53 ... March-April 1936

[Agora Object] L 3148: Mold for Lamp

Intact except for piece from back and minor chips. Mold for upper half of lamp, with plain top and sides ornamented with ribs separated by a cable. At the top of each cable, a stamped circle. Pointed nozzle ... 26 June 1937

[Agora Object] L 3949: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. On upper body, broad raised vertical bands separated by "twisted" ridges; a small spiral at the top of each band. Triangular nozzle; small plain flat top, slightly depressed. Raised base with a ... 22 June 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] Q 13:1: Manhole

Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 29 June 1933 #1 (disintegrated) 29 April 1936 #1-#3 4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D.