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| 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 |
| Mended from several pieces; the handle (?) missing
Mold made lamp, with long nozzle, simulated ring foot, and plain rim.
Black glaze. Mold made.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type IX of Corinth collection, Misc ... 22 March 1934 |
Only a fragment of the side wall and nozzle remains.
The side wall symmetrically convex; the rim flat, projecting slightly to outside, with two shallow furrows on top; the nozzle unbridged.
Good black ... 22 March 1934 |
| Complete.
Angular profile; small discus with raised band around nozzle; vertical loop handle; very low base ring.
Pale yellow clay, covered on the upper part only with a thin red wash.
Type XIX of Corinth ... 1st. century A.D. |
A small piece of the top and rim preserved, with the start of the nozzle.
Around the central opening, a single groove, and a lightly impressed tongue pattern. On the nozzle, a head in relief.
Black glaze ... 20 March 1934 |
| Complete except for handle.
Two nozzles, long and triangular ended, on opposite sides of the rather high body. Depressed top. Flat bottom, left rough. Flat basket handle (missing) extending over the top, ... 29 March 1934 |
| Much of the side wall is missing.
Flat bottom; side wall bulges slightly toward bottom; filling hole surrounded by raised rim; nozzle has blunt, slightly flaring end.
Red flaky glaze.
Buff clay.
Type ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Nozzle broken away.
Well-defined base; side wall bulging toward bottom; vertical strap handle. Unpierced knob on left side; covered inside and outside with flaky black glaze. Wheel made B.
Buff clay.
... 3-12 March 1934 |
Rim, handle and tip of nozzle missing.
Flat bottom; side wall bulging toward the bottom; depressed rim; small unpierced knob on left side; vertical strap handle; long nozzle, blunt end.
Flaky glaze, mottled ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Much of rim and side wall missing.
Low base ring; watch-shaped body; small filling hole with narrow depressed shoulder. Rim covered by continous line of ribs. On top of nozzle an incised line on either ... 3-12 March 1934 |
The handle and much of the side wall missing.
Low base ring; watch-shaped body; small filling hole with narrow depressed shoulder. Rim covered by continous line of ribs. On top of nozzle an incised line ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Much of side wall and base missing.
Low base ring; watch-shaped body; small filling hole with narrow depressed shoulder. Rim covered by continous line of ribs. Nozzle rounded on top and plain with blunt ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Much of the side wall, and handle, missing.
Low base ring; watch-shaped body; low depression around filling hole; nozzle has blunt, slightly flaring end; ribs on rim; plastic herringbone pattern on top ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| Handle, much of side wall missing.
Low base, rising slightly toward the middle; angular profile; around filling hole groove between two ridges; long nozzle with triangular tip. On shoulder ribs. On top ... 3-12 March 1934 |
There remains only a fragment of the upper part.
Convex side wall; filling hole surrounded by groove; around the groove a line a of raised dots and on the shoulder, ribs.
On the left side an unpierced ... 3-12 March 1934 |
There remains only a part of the top.
Around the filling hole, a ridge. On the shoulder are ribs; on the top of the nozzle, two shallow grooves. The handle was a vertical strap.
Dull black glaze. Mold ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Handle, and much of the top missing.
Low base ring, watch-shaped body, shallow depression around filling hole, vertical strap handle. Long pointed nozzle surrounded by a raised rim; on the shoulder ribs, ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Handle, part of rim, and much of side wall missing.
Low base ring, watch-shaped body, shallow depression around filling hole, vertical strap handle. Long pointed nozzle; on the top of the nozzle are three ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Parts of handle, nozzle and side wall missing.
Low base ring, watch-shaped body, shallow depression around filling hole, vertical strap handle. Long pointed nozzle.
A circle of glaze has been scratched ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Parts of handle, nozzle and rim missing.
On the bottom are traces of a support, probably a tall stand. Low base ring, watch-shaped body, shallow depression around filling hole, vertical strap handle. Long ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Front part broken away.
Low base ring, watch-shaped body; vertical strap handle.
Plain shoulder with cornucopia on left side.
Metallic black glaze.
Buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Misc. Moulded ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| End of nozzle and much of side wall missing.
Low base ring. High body with convex profile. Vertical strap handle. On the shoulder are nodules, irregularly spaced, and on the top of the nozzle a ribbed ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| Handle, much of side wall, missing.
Low base ring; watch-shaped body. Narrow depression around filling hole; vertical strap handle. Tip of nozzle flares slightly. Shoulder and top of nozzle decorated with ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Only the lower part remains.
Low base ring; vertical strap handle.
On the bottom within the base ring a raised rosette with five petals; on the under side of the nozzle is the lower part of a palmette ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| Only a fragment of the upper part remains.
A low ridge around the filling hole, a high ridge on the shoulder. On the top of the nozzle a three-leaved plastic ornament, opening toward the filling hole; ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp as type XVIII of Corinth collection.
Simulated ring foot. Part of signature preserved, in relief.
Red glaze.
Signed Bases type of ... 31 March 1934 |
From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp, as type XVIII of Corinth collection.
Simulated flat base, with part of a signature in relief: "CUΠA".
Red glaze.
Signed Bases type ... 31 March 1934 |
| The handle missing.
Watch-shaped body, with long nozzle. Vertical loop handle. Ivy pattern in relief on the top; small depressed center. Low ring foot.
Purplish glaze almost all flaked off.
Buff clay ... 3 April 1934 |
The handle missing.
Ivy pattern in relief on the rim; small depressed top. Simulated ring foot.
Metallic black glaze, badly flaked.
Buff clay.
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, type 54C variant of ... 3 April 1934 |
| The handle and part of the nozzle missing.
The top ribbed, with impressed circles on every other rib. Dolphin-shaped knob on the left side. Simulated ring base, within which the letters, incised before ... 2 April 1934 |
Mended from two pieces. One handle attachment preserved.
Shallow body, narrow rim. A base simulated by groove round the bottom.
Thin black glaze, worn.
Type 21C of Agora collection, type IV of Corinth ... 425-early years of 4th. century B.C. |
| The knob at the left broken away and the edge of the rim chipped; otherwise intact.
Glaze, poor black to reddish brown.
Type 25B of Agora collection, type VII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Agora IV, nos ... 350-275 B.C. |
The end of the nozzle broken away; otherwise intact.
High straight sides rounding below into a flat bottom; no base. Flat top with central filling hole; two grooves near the outer edge. Broad flat-topped, ... 350-300 B.C. |
Most of the mold for the top of the lamp, (edges broken) is preserved.
It shows a plain, slightly sunken top, bordered by a groove, and a side lug.
On the bottom is incised in wet clay, a covered pyxis ... 10 April 1934 |
| The tip of the nozzle broken away, partly at least in antiquity, for it is heavily blackened. Minor chips; otherwise intact.
The glaze badly worn on the left side, elsewhere chipped; slightly metallic ... 370-275 B.C. |
Part of the side wall from near the nozzle preserved.
Flat bottom, almost vertical side wall slightly thickened above.
Unglazed.
Greenish-yellow clay.
Corinthian.
Type I of Corinth collection, type 10 ... 14 April 1934 |
Mended from three pieces; preserved is a fragment from the bottom, with the central cone. Nothing of rim or nozzle remains.
Pinkish-buff clay, rather micaceous.
Type I (?) of Corinth collection, type ... 17 March 1934 |
Mended from four pieces. Handle and end of nozzle missing.
The black glaze much flaked on the exterior.
Type 25A of Agora collection, type VII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Agora IV, nos. 267-284, pp ... 370-275 B.C. |
End of nozzle and handle missing.
Round body with almost vertical side wall and concave rim. Long nozzle. Vertical strap handle. Ring base, with smaller ring inside. Pierced knob on one side.
Black glaze ... 24 April 1934 |
Small lamp with central collar.
Complete except for part of interior collar.
High ring base, slightly convex side wall. No handle. Round body, short nozzle, collar inside over hole in bottom.
Pinkish buff ... Later years of 3rd. quarter of 4th. century -250 B.C. |
Handle and part of nozzle missing.
Watch shaped body with shallow ring foot. Long nozzle, vertical strap handle. Two shallow grooves along top of nozzle. Upper body ribbed, with cornucopia shaped lug on ... 26 April 1934 |
The bottom of a large round lamp with thickening bottom and high ring base. Incised on the bottom of the base, a rough graffito.
Black glaze inside and out, except on resting surface.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 25 April 1934 |
The handle and the middle of the top are missing and the raised edge around the top.
Ring base; the upper and lower parts of the body meet at an acute angle. Long pointed nozzle; vertical strap handle ... 28 April 1934 |
A piece from the nozzle and one side.
No foot; angular profile; broad rim flaring slightly out beyond the side wall.
Orange glaze on the inside and around the nozzle outside.
Nozzle much blackened by flame ... 18 April 1934 |
From the upper body and rim.
On the body, a dolphin in relief, to right.
High vertical edge around the shallow depressed center. Mold made.
Black glaze.
Gray clay.
Type 50D of Agora collection. Red Hellenistic ... 2 May 1934 |
The handle, one nozzle, and parts of the other two broken away.
Ring base; vertical strap handle; three nozzles, the central one not quite opposite the handle; concave depressed top around filling hole; ... 4 May 1934 |
| The handle is missing.
Ring foot; watch-shaped body with ribbed upper part; long nozzle; vertical strap handle.
On the bottom: "AX".
Black glaze.
Gray clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 48A ... 5 May 1934 |
| The body mended; the handle and fragments of wall missing.
Fair black glaze, scratched away from a line around the rim.
High base unglazed beneath.
Type VII (glazed variety) of Corinth collection, type ... 2 May 1934 |
| Intact save minor fractures.
Flat top, with double groove near outer edge. Broad, flat topped nozzle. Straight sides. Nearly flat bottom with single groove.
Black glaze except on part of bottom.
Type ... 350-300 B.C. |
| Mended from many pieces.
Watch shaped body. Concave inner rim. Long nozzle, vertical strap handle. Pierced lug on one side.
Wheel made. Gray clay, dull black glaze.
Type 34A of Agora collection, type ... 9 May 1934 |
Handle, end of one nozzle, and one complete nozzle missing.
Ring foot, deep round body with three nozzles and a vertical strap handle. The nozzles triangular ended, with flaring grooves ending in small ... Late 2nd or early 1st. century B.C. (?) |
| Handle missing and the ends of the nozzles chipped.
Flat raised base, deep round body; the best preserved of the three nozzles is rounded at the end. Shallow depressed top, decorated with an incised ring ... Late 2nd.-late 1st. centuries B.C. |
The handle missing.
Flat bottom, deep round body with long nozzle and vertical strap handle. Shallow convex rim. Unpierced lug on one side.
Wheelmade. Buff clay. Red glaze mostly peeled off.
Type 35A ... 125-75 B.C. |
Part of nozzle missing.
Flat bottom with wheel-markings. Round body with convex wall. Long nozzle. Groove around inner edge of rim. No handle.
Wheel made. Pink clay; red glaze.
Type 39 of Agora collection, ... 12 May 1934 |
Mended from many pieces; most of the nozzles and parts of the side missing.
Ring foot. Watch shaped body; ribbed upper surface. Vertical strap handle. On the bottom in relief the letter A.
Type 48B of ... 12 May 1934 |
Mended from many pieces.
Ring foot; convex rounded body, the walls continuous with the rim.
Short nozzle; no handle.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type IV (late variants) of Corinth collection, type 27C of Agora ... 8 May 1934 |
End of nozzle and part of lug missing.
Ring base, convex side wall, wide flat rim with groove around its outer edge.
Long nozzle, pierced lug on one side. No handle.
Good black glaze. Glazed except on ... 10 May 1934 |
| Handle missing, otherwise complete.
Ribs on the top; a knob on the left side.
Glazed black.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52C of Agora collection. Leica, LXIX-40 ... 7 May 1934 |
Mended from two pieces; nozzle and handle missing.
Wreath on rim, and three concentric ribs around central hole.
Orange clay and slip, burned black near one side of nozzle.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of ... 12 May 1934 |
Nozzle and adjacent parts of rim and body preserved.
Rim slopes gently inward, and projects outward slightly.
Glaze, red to black on rim, nozzle and interior. Transparent glaze on exterior.
Type 16B ... Ca. 525-480 B.C. |
Nozzle and part of rim and body to left preserved.
Rim nearly flat on top. Practically no outward projection.
Glaze black on rim, nozzle and bottom of interior. Transparent glaze on exterior.
Type 19B ... 525-480 B.C. |
One side of nozzle attachment and about half of rim and body preserved.
Rim, rounded on top, slopes sharply inward. Slight projection on exterior. Bottom rises toward center.
Glaze, black on rim and nozzle; ... Ca. 525-480 B.C. |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Watch shaped body with upper part ribbed. Ring foot. Vertical strap handle. Unpierced lug on one side.
Mold made. Pinkish-gray clay; black glaze.
Type 48A of Agora collection, ... 12 May 1934 |
The nozzle and part of the rim remain.
Shallow groove around outside of rim. Incised on the upper flat surface of the nozzle the letter K.
Pinkish-buff clay, unglazed except on inside the nozzle.
Type ... 14 May 1934 |
Part of the bottom and lower nozzle preserved, with letters in relief on the bottom: Λ Ι Ο
Λ Ι C
Gray clay, black glaze.
Type 48A of Agora collection, type XVIII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Agora IV, ... Probably somewhat before 75-50 B.C. |
| Complete.
No handle; pierced lug on left shoulder.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25B' of Agora collection.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 332.
Cf. L 428, L 2083, L 3023, L 7654. Cave, upper red layer. South ... 29 May 1934 |
Only a fragment from the top and side is preserved.
The side wall is almost vertical; the rim is broad and flat, rising slightly toward the middle. Around the filling hole it terminates in a depressed ... 1933 |
Part of a lamp on a high columnar stand, broken off below, and above the base of the lamp.
Cylindrical stand, decorated with three horizontal bands in white paint (west slope decoration).
Glazed black; ... 1934 |
Mended from many pieces; nozzle, handle and part of rim missing.
Simulated ring foot, watch-shaped body enclosed in vertical rim; vertical strap handle. Cornucopia-shaped knob on one side of upper body ... 15 March 1934 |
| From the upper part of a large round-bodied lamp, with raised ridge, and grooves, around a sunken filling hole.
Double vertical loop handle, with prolonged ends resting on the shoulder.
The two halves ... 7-9 May 1934 |
| Most of one side, handle and end of nozzle missing.
Deep diamond-shaped body, pointed at the back, and probably with vertical strap handle; long nozzle, small round filling hole. Decorated in relief on ... 12 March 1934 |
Round-bodied lamp with small sunken filling hole. Vertical strap handle missing.
Upper body moulded; large oval ribbed leaves at end of tendrils, separated vertical lines.
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, ... 12 March 1934 |
Flat bottomed lamp with convex, rimless side wall and short nozzle.
The center of the floor rises to a pointed knob, which is not pierced.
Traces of glaze on outside of nozzle only.
Fine micaceous buff ... 13 April 1934 |
A single fragment preserves part of discus side and nozzle.
On discus, flat with small central (?) filling hole, decorated with rosette in relief.
On rim, raised band, rounded on top. On upper half of ... 7 March 1934 |
Fragments of body and nozzle missing.
Pierced knob at left.
Red glaze on interior which has run through the nozzle and streaked exterior at right.
Type 25C' of Agora collection, type VIII of Corinth collection ... April 1934 |
Nozzle and about one-third of the body missing.
Shape similar to L 1427 and L 1521 (high straight sides rounding below into a flat bottom; no base. Flat top with central filling hole; two grooves near ... 4-8 May 1934 |
Nozzle and part of body missing.
Rim slopes gently inwards to central filling hole. Shallow groove at outer edge. Straight sides, rounding into nearly flat bottom.
Gray to black glaze. Bottom unglazed ... 13-18 April 1934 |
End of nozzle, handle and part of one side broken away.
Black glaze save on bottom of raised base.
Type 25A of Agora collection, type VII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Agora IV, nos. 267-284, pp. 67-69, ... 13-18 April 1934 |
Much battered. End of nozzle broken; band handle missing and most of high collar around filling hole; half of knob at left side is gone.
Whell made, nozzle etc. added.
Metallic black glaze inside and out, ... 14 March 1934 |
Fragment preserving part of nozzle and rim of a heavy flat-topped straight-sided broad nozzled lamp.
Type VI (?) or VII (?) of Corinth collection, type 23D of Agora collection.
Cf. Agora IV, nos. 236-240, ... 10 April 1934 |
Lamp fragment with ribbed rim, ribs made with a blunt implement, and a volute.
Brownish pink clay, metallic black glaze.
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, type 45C of Agora collection.
Cf. Agora ... 12 May 1934 |
Fragment from the rim of a lamp.
Narrow rim. Decorated in relief on upper body with small rounded leaves on inner edge, and large egg and dart.
Mold made. Pinkish-buff clay, black glaze.
Type 46B of ... 14 May 1934 |
About half of the bottom is preserved, without base or foot, but slightly concave at the center.
Raised letters on the bottom.
Metallic black glaze inside and out.
Hellenistic or early Roman (?).
Grayish ... 1 January 1935 |
| About half the back part, preserved; mended from several pieces.
Shallow flat-bottomed lamp, with outward sloping rim and large looped strap handle, base to outer edge of rim. Incised on rim, double zigzag ... 11 February 1935 |
About one-quarter of side preserved.
Flat bottom; nearly straight side wall slightly thickened at lip; nozzle unbridged. The rim projects slightly at the outside; not on the inside.
Attic clay, slipped ... Middle 6th century B.C. |
About one-quarter of side preserved.
Low flat base, convex side wall continuous with narrow inward-tilted rim, but set off from it by a raised ring. Side wall outside.
Brownish black glaze outside; inside ... 11 February 1935 |
Part of nozzle missing.
Flat bottom, nearly straight side-wall, flat rim grooved around outer edge. No handle.
Pinkish-buff clay; black glaze, peeled.
Type 23D of Agora collection, type VI (Inkwell variety) ... 350-300 B.C. |
The right side, and all the top, missing.
Convex side wall, flat bottom; short nozzle flat on top; large wick hole. The base of the nozzle suggests a flat rim.
Attic clay, rather metallic black glaze ... Late 3rd.-4th. century A.D. |
About half preserved.
Rounded side wall, narrow flat rim, slightly projecting outside; a "collar" through the center of the floor.
Corinthian clay, unglazed.
Type 11 of Agora collection, type I of Corinth ... Late 7th.-6th. centuries B.C. |
| Handle and part of nozzle missing.
Double convex side wall meeting at a sharp angle; on upper side wall alternating triglyphs and circles. Triangular ended nozzle, concave discus, and vertical strap handle ... Late 3rd.-4th. centuries. |
The nozzle and a bit of the rim at its base are preserved.
Flat base, reserved; convex side wall, flat spoon-like nozzle.
Attic clay; black glaze.
Type 21B of Agora collection, type IV of Corinth collection ... 25 February 1935 |
No trace of handle.
Covered with poor brownish-purple glaze, which is in streaks on the lower part of the body. Raised base.
Coarse work and decoration.
Type XVIII (post Sullan?) of Corinth collection, ... 25 February 1935 |
Much of nozzle, base and wall missing.
On flattened rim are four shallow grooves.
Flaky black glaze, two reserved bands on rim.
Type V (variants of the 5th. century) of Corinth collection, type 22C of ... 24 February 1935 |
Mended from two pieces; the bottom preserved, the nozzle, and part of the wall at the right. The collar broken off at the top.
Lamp with high flat base, slightly convex side wall, and narrow rim, tilted ... From late in 2nd. quarter of 4th. century B.C.-early years of 3rd. century B.C. |
End of nozzle broken away. Minor fractures; otherwise intact.
Pierced lug on left side. Scratched on rim:"Δ".
The rim rises toward the center; around the filling hole a sunken ring.
Unglazed outside; ... 15 March 1935 |
Rounded convex body merging with rim which is slanted inward and grooved on its upper surface. Fairly long nozzle.
Bluish-black glaze inside and out.
Type 24A of Agora collection, type V (second variety) ... Late in 3rd. quarter of 5th. century B.C.-400 B.C. |
| Ring base, convex upper and lower body, meeting at an acute angle. Fairly long nozzle. No handle; pierced lug on one side. Flat raised ring around filling hole, a groove around it. Rather high base, rising ... 300-250 B.C. |
Round-bodied lamp on ring base, with grooves around the rim and horizontal band handle at the back. Nozzle and handle broken off.
Interior, rim, and upper surface of nozzle only glazed.
Type VIIB of Corinth ... 19 April 1935 |
Low base, long nozzle, ribbed upper body inside straight rim which encloses also the nozzle.
Holes at base of nozzle; knob on left side of upper body.
Raised letters, made in the mould, on the bottom ... 11 May 1935 |
Vertical handle and end of nozzle missing.
Low base, rising slightly toward the center. Unpierced knob on one side of upper body. Plain slightly sunken top.
Wheelmade. Buff clay; dull black glaze, somewhat ... 14 May 1935 |
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