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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 2203: Lamp

Handle and end of nozzle missing. The top surrounded by a high edge; on the upper body a wreath boukranion (?). Handle seems to have been a basket handle, over the filling hole. Two air holes at base ... 3 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 2699: Lamp: Maker's Mark

End of nozzle missing. Vertical strap handle and low ring base. On rim boukrania between festoons of bead and reel garlands; roses above the garlands. Sunken discus with two ridges around it. Inside foot ... 6 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 2934: Lamp

Tip of nozzle missing, and piece from side. Deep angular body; leaves and rosettes in relief on the upper part. Flat top with a heavy raised edge around it. Raised base somewhat depressed beneath. Thick ... 17 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 4691: Lamp

Handle with part of rim and end of nozzle missing; hole in bottom; minor chips. Alternating rosette and ivy leaf pattern on rim; collar around flat top. Deep body. Nozzle burned. Glaze chipped from red ... 1949

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C.

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] N 19:1: Cistern

Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.