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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 |
Broken from stand.
The upper part of the base, a large rounded projection with a smaller one in part preserved below it, remains.
Rounding body, pierced lug, scraped groove round down sloping top.
Poor ... 11 March 1933 |
| Most of the bottom and lower right side broken away, also the vertical band handle.
Rounded nozzle; ribs on rim, with row of small dots round central filling hole.
Dolphin-shaped knob on left side. Large ... 15 March 1933 |
| Mended from four pieces; the end of the nozzle and a fragment from the right side of the body missing.
On the rim, a vine pattern, very indistinct.
No trace of handle; on the left side a small solid knob ... 17 March 1933 |
The top entirely missing. Mold made.
Double convex body, sharply angular.
The nozzle flat on top, is however, like those of lamps of types VI and VII of Corinth collection, though unusually long in proportion ... 14 March 1933 |
| Tip of nozzle missing.
On the top, rays around a plain rim; degenerated lug, unpierced, on left side; no handle.
High base, rising in the center.
The top of the nozzle flat, continuous with the rim; at ... 20 March 1933 |
Handle, nozzle and part of side and bottom broken away; one side of filling hole chipped. Mold made.
Pierced lug on one side of rim. Instead of the usual filling hole, a strainer. Raised ridge about outer ... 31 March 1933 |
| Curved body with raised ridge around discus which is slightly sunken.
Vertical ribbon handle.
Foot slightly concave.
Nozzle flaring at end.
Buff slip.
Red clay.
Type XVI of Corinth collection, type 35D ... 30 March 1933 |
| Sides approaching the vertical; high base, rising in the center; no handle.
Outside the rim, which slopes downward only very slightly, a broad groove.
Once covered with thin black glaze, now very largely ... 4 April 1933 |
Bulging sides; no handle or knob; no separate top or rim, but simply two grooves, the inner somewhat sunk, around the filling hole.
Ring base, rising within.
Fine self slip, somewhat peeled, outside; inside ... 4 April 1933 |
End of nozzle broken off, and knob at left side chipped away.
A shallow groove round the outer edge of the broad, nearly flat top.
Unglazed outside with fine self slip; black glaze inside, and some spilled ... 4 April 1933 |
Bulging body; no knob or handle.
Three grooves round a very small rim.
Low base nearly flat, rising only on the inside.
Outside unglazed, slipped; inside black glaze.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, ... 4 April 1933 |
The left side broken away.
Two grooves, one shallow and one deep, around the small, sharply sloping top.
Bulging body; raised base, rising sharply within, and with a small round disk in the center beneath ... 4 April 1933 |
Fragment from bottom of lamp with signature in relief.
Low ring base, with two concentric grooves at the center.
Traces of the start of nozzle and band handle.
On the base, just within the raised ring, ... 8 April 1933 |
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 |
| End of nozzle broken off.
Double convex body; heavy ring base; high band handle; top slightly depressed.
Grayish-black metallic glaze, all over. Mold made.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading ... 20 April 1933 |
| Handle and end of nozzle missing.
A broad and a narrow raised band round the filling hole; ribs on the rim.
Two dolphin-shaped lugs.
Raised base, rising in the center.
Poor metallic glaze inside and out; ... 3 May 1933 |
Rim and nozzle chipped.
Rounded sides, medium sized filling hole with groove around edge, pierced lug on left of nozzle, ring base with circle raised on lower side of bottom of lamp.
Unglazed exterior; ... 10 May 1933 |
About half of the base and a fragment of the sides are preserved.
Low base with flat under surface.
In raised letters beneath: "ΛE".
Reddish glaze on interior, dark brown glaze outside.
Buff clay.
Signed ... 11 May 1933 |
Broken at tip, and around central opening. Vertical band handle broken away.
Watch-shaped profile with groove around filling hole. The groove scraped; the top decorated with a wreath in clay colored paint ... 15 May 1933 |
| Complete save for horizontal band handle broken away.
The sides nearly vertical; rim broad, down sloping; low ring base.
Black glaze firm but rather dull and irregularly applied over all, save for top ... 29 May 1933 |
| Mended from many pieces. Nozzle and part of side missing.
As far as can be seen, the lamp is circular, with a flat bottom wth rounded edges, convex sides, rim wide and plain, with projecting ledge and ... 14 March 1932 |
| Handle, about a quarter of the rim and fragment of bottom broken away; restored in plaster. Mended from three pieces.
Rounded rim; most of top open. Rounded sides, slightly raised foot, almost flat, reserved ... 4 April 1933 |
Mended from three fragments.
Nozzle, handle, fragments from rim, sides and bottom gone.
In shape like L 1110, except that the division of foot from body is less decided. Bottom reserved.
Glaze originally ... 4 April 1933 |
Nozzle and fragment of rim and side preserved, with the spring of one side of the handle. From lamp like L 1110 and 1111.
Good black glaze inside and out (much worn off on exterior).
Type IV (later 5th ... 4 April 1933 |
Fragment from rim and nozzle.
A small bit of the ridged rim, the rounded sides, and the nearly flat, reserved foot, slightly concave in the center, preserved.
Excellent black glaze, inside and out.
Type ... 4 April 1933 |
Mended from three pieces; lug and part of rim and sides, with central filling hole, preserved.
Convex rim and sides; rim decorated with wavy tendril and flower pattern in relief; medium sized filling hole ... 17 March 1932 |
Mended from seven pieces; partly strengthened in plaster. The lower part of the nozzle, and fragments of sides and bottom missing.
Watch-shaped body; the side wall continues upward to form a ridge around ... 17 March 1932 |
Double convex sides; slightly sunken, plain discus; pierced lug in a sort of "swirl" on one side; blunt nozzle; low ring base with slightly raised center.
Poor black glaze. Wheel made.
Buff clay.
Type ... 20 June 1933 |
Mended from several pieces; fragments missing from the wall and bottom, and most of the handle.
Raised ribs on the rim; on the rim opposite the nozzle a relief decoration, apparently intended for a satyr ... 30 June 1933 |
The back part of the lamp preserved, with the start of a horizontal band handle.
The rim, the inside, and the handle area glazed, with a reserved band on the rim. No base; on the bottom and outside, thin ... August-September 1932 |
| The front part, with the nozzle, broken away.
Shallow type with no base; the down sloping rim continuous with the walls. Glazed on the top of the rim, and the bottom of the lamp inside, the glaze fired ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. |
Mended from four pieces; the back half of the wall and rim missing, and a piece from the front near the nozzle. None of the inner edge of the rim preserved.
No base; the bottom rises to a rather large ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from several pieces; fragment missing from wall and bottom; the inner edge of the rim much chipped. No handle.
Shallow type; no base; the bottom rises slightly toward the center. Raised band around ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from two pieces; all of the bottom, and the nozzle, missing. Fragmentary.
The rim slopes upward slightly toward the central opening, which is surrounded by a raised ring. The start of the horizontal ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from three pieces; most of the left side; part of the bottom, the tip of the nozzle, and the vertical handle missing.
Shape comparable to type IV of Corinth collection: flat bottom; sides curving ... August-September 1932 |
| The nozzle, part of the side wall, and of the bottom with a very low raised base, preserved.
The nozzle projects well out beyond the rim, and the large wick hole does not in any way encroach upon it.
Red ... August-September 1932 |
One piece preserves the cone and a part of the rim; the other a small piece of the rim and the edge of the wick hole.
The rim slopes inward sharply; it does not project on the outside. The wick hole extended ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from three pieces; part of the bottom, and most of the left side missing. Fragmentary.
Horizontal rim, with the wick hole projecting well into it.
Dull black glaze, on nozzle, rim, and inside. Thinned ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from five pieces; the back and most of the bottom missing.
Rim, nozzle, and lower part of inside glazed black, with a reserved band on the rim. The body reserved, covered with thin brown wash.
The ... August-September 1932 |
| The larger piece mended from three. Nearly all the rim preserved; the end and the right side of the nozzle missing, and all the bottom of the lamp. Nothing of the lower lamp preserved.
Broad rim, sloping ... August-September 1932 |
One fragment from the back, with part of the rim, bottom and side, and the start of a horizontal handle.
The other fragment, mended from two pieces, has a bit of the rim and side, with a trace of the start ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from three pieces; part of the left side, a bit from the bottom, and chips from the rim missing.
Flat bottom; nearly vertical sides. Properly speaking there is no rim, but only the finished top ... August-September 1932 |
A part of the left side, with stubs of a horizontal handle, preserved.
The rim projects on the inside slightly, as in lamps of type II, but it curves downward sharply around the central opening, as in ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from sevearl pieces; bits missing from the bottom.
No base; the bottom rises in the middle. No handle.
Black glaze on the rim, the nozzle, and the inside of the body; orange wash on the bottom and ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from three pieces. None of the rim preserved, and only a trace of the start of the nozzle.
Neat ring base reserved on resting surface and inside, with three small concentric circles of glaze at ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from five pieces; part of the right side missing, and bits from rim and body.
Low raised base; inside, the bottom rises to a point. Very shallow body, almost entirely open. Narrow ridged rim.
Dull ... August-September 1932 |
The nozzle, and part of the right side preserved; the outer wall, for the lower body, broken off at about the level of the bottom of the upper body, here preserved.
A raised ring around the filling hole, ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from three pieces; most of the wall missing, and none of the inner edge of the rim preserved.
The bottom rises to a central point, inside. Neat ring foot; a reserved line at its junction with the ... August-September 1932 |
Mended from two pieces; a third does not join. Most of the right side of the body preserved, with the start of the handle at the back. Only the start of the rim preserved.
Flat raised base, pierced with ... August-September 1932 |
Fragment of lamp Type IV with central cone.
Mended from two pieces; none of the rim preserved, but the cone complete. Best black glaze.
Reserved, the inside of the foot and cone, and a narrow line around ... August-September 1932 |
Fragment of Greek lamp with nozzle of double decker.
Part of the nozzle of the lower lamp remains, with a bit of the rim, projecting beyond the body.
Nozzle and rim glazed black; remains of glaze on the ... August-September 1932 |
Nozzle and part of rim and body preserved.
Broad, inward sloping rim preserved, with the start of the horizontal band handle, on the left side. Nozzle flat on top.
Good black glaze, inside and out; much ... 20 May 1933 |
Nozzle and handle, and about half of wall missing; otherwise a single fragment.
Sides set off from flat bottom by groove. Stubs of horizontal handle preserved.
Thin black glaze inside and out, much worn, ... 22 May 1933 |
Parts of nozzle, base and body preserved, and about half the circle of the inward sloping rim.
Black glaze inside and out, much worn. Bottom reserved, and set off from the body by a groove.
Pink clay ... 25 May 1933 |
The nozzle and much of the body missing; only the stubs of the handle are preserved.
Slightly raised base; inward sloping rim.
Black glaze inside and out. The bottom reserved, with a thin wash.
Pink clay, ... 26 May 1933 |
A single fragment, preserving part of the filling hole and part of the nozzle. End of nozzle broken away.
Black glaze, rather discolored, on top, inside and out. Groove about filling hole reserved. Wheel ... 21 March 1933 |
| Mended from many pieces; a fragment or two missing from the body.
Small wick hole sunken filling hole surrounded by grooves. Heavy ring base.
Heavy fabric. Clay and slip now gray, on unglazed exterior; ... 20 May 1933 |
Nozzle with graffito on top.
About half the nozzle is preserved with one and a half letters scratched through the glaze.
Good glaze, chipped.
Type 25B of Agora collection and type VII of Corinth collection ... 350-275 B.C. |
Only part of the nozzle, heavily burned, is preserved.
Coarse micaceous clay, unglazed.
Type 2B of Agora collection. In soft late fill. Leica ... Late 7th-late 6th c. B.C. |
The vertical handle, and the raised edge around the top missing.
Two small holes by the nozzle.
Inscribed in relief underneath.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52C of Agora collection.
Cf ... 13 February 1934 |
No handle, and a small knob on the left side.
Plain curving sides.
Glazed red.
Τype IV (late variants Group) of Corinth collection, type 27B of Agora collection. Brown fill, west of Roman floor. Leica, ... 28 February 1934 |
| Vertical band handle, and end of long nozzle, broken away.
Knob on left side. High rim around top. High base. Wheel made D.
Fired part black, part red.
Related to type XII of Corinth collection, type ... 3 March 1934 |
End of nozzle missing.
Ribs moulded on the rim; knob on left side. Simulated ring foot.
Traces of red glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 51B of Agora collection. Well, in north cistern arm ... 5 March 1934 |
End of nozzle missing.
Ribs moulded on rim; dolphin-shaped knob on left side. Simulated ring foot.
Black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 48A of Agora collection. Well, in north cistern arm ... 5 March 1934 |
Handle missing.
Very long nozzle; large knob on left side.
Ring foot. Top depressed.
Black glaze. Wheell made B.
Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth collection, type 35A of Agora collection. Well, ... 5 March 1934 |
Long nozzle; vertical handle broken off.
Large knob on left side; rim depressed.
Ring foot. Wheel made C.
Black glaze.
Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth collection, type 35A of Agora collection ... 5 March 1934 |
Short nozzle; no handle; central socket partly broken away. No foot.
Black glaze.
Type IV (late variants) of Corinth collection, type 27 variant of Agora collection. Well, in north cistern arm. Leica, ... 5 March 1934 |
| Nozzle and lower part missing.
Vertical loop handle.
Moulded rings around small concave discus. On the rim, moulded decoration consisting of boukrania with garlands looped between them, and between each ... 5 March 1934 |
End of nozzle missing.
Long nozzle; sunken top; vertical band handle; knob on left side; ring foot.
Wheel made B.
Covered with black glaze, partly peeled.
Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth ... 6 March 1934 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Long nozzle; vertical loop handle; dolphin-shaped knob on one side; ring foot.
Black glaze, most of which has peeled off. Wheel made C.
Type XII (late straight variety) ... 6 March 1934 |
Mended from two pieces; complete.
Long nozzle; vertical loop handle; knob on left side; ring foot.
The top depressed. Wheel made A.
Black glaze; much peeled.
Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth ... 9 March 1934 |
Vertical band handle broken away; the nozzle broken and mended; otherwise complete.
Plain lamp, with depressed top. Large pierced knob on the left side.
Rather high foot. Wheel made.
Poor black glaze ... 10 March 1934 |
The end of the nozzle and part of the center broken away.
Flat sunken center; unpierced lug at the left. Flat bottom.
Traces of thin reddish black glaze within; the exterior unglazed.
Buff clay.
Type ... 125-75 B.C. |
The vertical handle broken away, and chips missing; otherwise complete.
Rays on the rim. Elongated knob on left side.
Thin black glaze, much worn.
Type 52 C of Agora collection, type XVIII of Corinth ... Ca. 50 B.C.-25 A.D. |
Mended from two pieces. The end of the nozzle and the lug at the left broken away.
Badly worn glaze on the inside, and the rim.
Type 25 B' of Agora collection, type VII (partly glazed exteriors)of Corinth ... 350-250 B.C. |
The end of the nozzle, and the handle missing.
Long nozzle; vertical loop handle; moulded ribs on the rim; dolphin-shaped knob on one side. Simulated ring foot.
Covered with black glaze, much peeled.
... 12 March 1934 |
| Handle, end of nozzle, and part of bottom broken off.
Vertical loop handle; simulated ring foot. On the rim, a moulded wreath.
On the bottom, a fragmentary signature.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 14 March 1934 |
| Handle and nozzle broken off.
The body rounded, with rings on the shoulder, and a raised edge around the sunken center. No foot. Wheel made D.
Glazed black to red; the glaze much worn.
Buff clay.
Type ... 15 March 1934 |
Part of the top preserved, with the start of the nozzle.
A high loop handle bridges the sunken discus.
Black glaze. Mold made.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading variety) of Corinth collection, ... 15 March 1934 |
Part of shallow lamp with unbridged nozzle. One half of the lamp, with a piece of the nozzle, is preserved.
Broad, shallow body, with rather high base, rising slightly beneath.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type ... 15 March 1934 |
The back of the body broken away; otherwise intact.
Small raised base. Broad reserved groove on rim.
Black glaze inside and out.
Type VII of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora collection.
Cf. Agora ... 370-275 B.C. |
Most of the upper part of the body missing.
Round body, with high outward flaring rim around the filling hole. No base. The nozzle is flat on top as in lamps of type VII of Corinth collection.
Black glazed ... 22 March 1934 |
Profile complete; heavy foot; narrow rim projecting outside, with a raised ridge at the inner and the outer edge.
Unglazed save for black on the bottom of the interior, and black dots on the ridges around ... 20 March 1934 |
| The handle and the end of the nozzle broken off.
Long nozzle; vertical band handle; simulated ring foot; ridge around center.
On either side of the rim, a moulded rosette.
Black glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 21 March 1934 |
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