[Agora Object] L 3895: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; complete except for handle and chips. Wreath around upper body; small concave top; rough simulated ring foot. Black glaze almost entirely peeled. Buff clay. Type XVIII of Corinth ... 7 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 3902: Lamp

Mended from three pieces; handle and end of nozzle missing. Relief ivy wreath around upper body; fairly neat grooved ring foot. Short triangular nozzle. Black glaze. Gray clay. Type XVIII of Corinth ... 7 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 3904: Lamp

Handle broken off. Plain upper body and sunken discus, long triangular nozzle. Flat bottom, the center broken out, signed "alpha" in relief. Black glaze, much peeled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 8 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 3905: Lamp

Complete except for handle. Large lamp with hearts and shields, separated by groups of dots, on upper body. Broad triangular nozzle. On the reverse, in relief, "alpha" within two concentric ridges. Dull ... 8 June 1939

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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