[Agora Object] L 3493: Lamp Fragment with Unbridged Nozzle

The very large nozzle only remains. The side wall was almost vertical; its top flat and inclined inward. Glossy black glaze inside and out. Type 6B of Agora collection. Metroon Pit (δ), north extension, ... 19 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3591: Lamp Fragment

Fragment from forepart of lamp with start of nozzle. Low flat raised base, rounded body, narrow rim nearly flat, projecting slightly outside; broad unbridged nozzle. Good black glaze inside and out, the ... 19-27 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 4191: Lamp

Handle, and part of nozzle, rim and wall, restored. Lamp with unbridged nozzle. Angular profile, the body broad below; flat bottom; flat projecting rim; attachment for band handle preserved; broad nozzle ... 17 March 1947

[Agora Object] L 3149: Lamp Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve complete profile. Sharply angular body; out-turned lip. Black glaze inside and out, except on flat bottom. Type I of Corinth collection, type 6B of Agora collection. Big ... March 1937

[Agora Object] L 4729: Lamp

Fragment gives most of nozzle and part of wall with rim and floor; restored in plaster. Unbridged nozzle; rounded wall; down-sloping rim. Black to red glaze, worn, on nozzle, upper part of wall outside, ... January-February 1950

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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