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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 621: Lamp

Rim, tip of nozzle and handle broken off. Body much broken and mended at the sides, but much missing. Rim was separated from body by groove; beyond this groove, on rounding body, three small shallow grooves ... 26 May 1932

[Agora Object] L 1740: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 2840: Lamp

Nozzle missing and part of rim and side. No handle. Small raised base, only slightly thickened inside. Incurving rim; light grooves just beyond rim. Unglazed outside, faint remains of red glaze inside ... 26-27 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 2897: Lamp

Nozzle and band handle missing; ring foot chipped. Rounded sides; shallow grooves around sunken top. Glazed inside only. Type 24C' of Agora collection. Modern fill. Leica, L-79 PD 635-84 ... 8 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 3165: Lamp

Nozzle and horizontal band handle broken away. Small low ring foot; sharply convex wall; shallow grooving around body beside rim. Thin black glaze inside only. Type V (third variety) of Corinth collection, ... 18 May-4 June 1937

[Agora Object] L 3665: Lamp Fragment

Fragment preserving most of right side, with a bit of the raised base, the start of the nozzle, and one attachment of horizontal band handle. Broad rounded body, wider below than above; two grooves around ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] L 4459: Lamp

Complete except for end of nozzle. Round-bodied lamp on raised base with groove setting it off from body, deep groove around rim. Brownish clay with buff surfacing and glazed inside only. Type 24C of ... 7 April 1948