[Agora Object] L 4378: Lamp

Two pieces make up slightly more than half of the top of the body and include the handle and base of the nozzle. The non-joining piece is also from the upper body and has an unpierced lug. The groove around ... June 1939

[Agora Object] L 4617: Two Nozzle Lamp

Top of central suspension rod missing, otherwise complete. Small round body. False ring foot. Nozzles at opposite sides. Black glaze, thick, somewhat flaked, all over. Misc. Mulded type of Agora collection ... 14 July 1949

[Agora Object] L 4686: Mold Fragment for Lamp

Fragment from front part of lower section. Fine buff clay. Misc. Moulded type of Agora collection. From filling of Great Drain in south part of section. Martyr II, layer 1. 2984 Leica, LXIX-48, LXXVIII-44 ... 7 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 4762: Lamp Fragment

Fragment of black glazed lamp, preserving full height of wall with part of top and bottom. Deep lamp with double-curved wall, extending to form a collar around the top. Ring base. Domed top with lightly ... 3 March 1933

[Agora Object] L 4986: Mold for Lamp: Maker's Mark

Part of mold for lower half of large lamp with slightly fluked nozzle; one side of the wall missing. Flat bottom; straight sides. On the bottom, under the nozzle, three small round holes; further back, ... 1952

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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