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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 877: Lamp

Part of nozzle broken away. Large filling hole, central part of flat base edged by indented circle. Unglazed. Traces of burning on nozzle and filling hole. Buff clay. Type VI (early 4th. group variety) ... 8 April 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1521: Lamp

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.

[Agora Object] L 2243: Lamp

Intact except for chips. Flat-bottomed handleless lamp with broad flat rim and high vertical walls. Black glaze much pitted. Traces of stacking on rim. Attic clay. Type VI (inkwell variety) of Corinth ... 9 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 3076: Lamp

Part of nozzle broken away. Underside flat; top flat with two shallow rills around outer edge. Brown glaze, much peeled. Type VI (Inkwell variety) of Corinth collection, typer 23D of Agora collection ... 24 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 3782: Lamp

Complete save minor chips. A large flat-rimmed vertical-walled lamp, the sides cutting sharply inward at bottom. No handle. Short spoon-shaped nozzle with large wick hole. Bottom slightly concave. Wheel ... 13 May 1939

[Agora Deposit] C 12:2: Well

A well on Kolonos Agoraios. The upper dumped filling, a heavy deposit of pottery, was separated from the lower filling of similar character by several meters of plain mud. No use filling. Coins: 8 April ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with disturbance of 250-225 B.C.