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Diameter 0.95m; water level -9.10m.
Plais shaft cut in stereo from bottom of slender flask-shaped cistern. Scanty fill from house destruction in 5th c. A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor ... Late Roman ... A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor. |
| High base and part of side preserved.
No pontil but roughish on bottom. Walls thin rapidly to top.
Dark green glass. Bubbles and spirals. Slight iridescent; no other weathering. Fill of 5th or 6th c. A.D ... 23 April 1947 ... A.D. with fragments of Christian lamps, type XXXI. |
Horse-shoe-shaped object, broken at the back, chipped on the upper surface; broken along the bottom, but the ornament complete.
Border wavy lines; within, Christian monogram with stamped circles. Unglazed ... 27 April 1936 ... Border wavy lines; within, Christian monogram with stamped circles. ... Probably shields for the handles of large lamps. For elaborate shields on early Christian lamps cf. |
| Christian symbols on lamps of the Roman period: Saint Paul (left, L 1153) and Saint Peter (right, L 4754) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Christian symbols on lamps of the Roman period: Saint Paul (left, L 1153) and Saint Peter (right, L 4754). |
Fragment only of part of base and handle.
Handle triply grooved behind, stamped semicircles at its base. Circular reverse enclosed by triple concentric grooves with part of a letter in the center.
Glazed ... 15 February 1938 ... Room XII, in consistent late Roman fill with many fragments of Christian type XXVIII lamps, still in tin. |
One-third of lamp preserved, with handle; parts of rim, discus and reverse.
Rim has wavy line with oval depressions in the loops. Plain discus. Solid handle, triply grooved in front and doubly behind ... 15 February 1938 ... Room XII, in consistent late Roman fill with many fragments of Christian type XXVIII lamps, still in tin. |
Vertical loop handle and top of nozzle missing.
Upper walls slope in to the flat narrow rim which has no visible decoration; possibly one had shallow herringbone. Two large filling holes; broad channel ... 9 April 1935 |
Most of upper body and handle; nozzle and bottom broken away.
Triangular rim; Christian monogram with "alpha; and "omega" on discus.
Red glaze.
Type XXXI of Corinth collection. Cistern; box 1. 1121 Leica ... 2 June 1939 |
Fragment of upper back part.
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram, with jewelled cross, with loop to right.
Handle, solid, double grooved.
Unglazed.
Light red clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth ... 27 July 1931 |
| Intact.
On the discus, Christian monogram. Rim, impressed circles; reverse, three concentric grooves.
Unglazed
Reddish-brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Pillaged wall trench of west wall ... 22 September 1947 |
Part of top only preserved.
Pear-shaped discus, with Christian monogram, "rho" to left. Herringbone on arms of cross. On rim, herringbone.
Unglazed.
Clay reddish; buff on exterior.
Type XXVIII of Corinth ... 27 April 1937 |
Fragment of top. Nozzle broken.
On rim, wavy lines.
On discus, Christian monogram, with loop to right, notched; filling holes between the arms.
Handle pierced, double grooved.
Unglazed.
Light red clay ... 13 July 1931 |
| Rear end broken away.
On discus a draped and bearded figure bearing a cross; on rim circles and diamonds; on bottom a cross; Christian symbols.
Unglazed.
Type XXXI of Corinth collection. Ρωμαϊκός λύχνος, ... 25 July 1950 |
Top of Christian lamp.
Nozzle and part of rim broken away, a little of back preserved.
On top, herringbone and cross.
Solid handle, with single groove above, double below.
Unglazed.
Light red clay.
Type ... 19 February 1932 |
| Top of handle missing.
Discus, decorated with Christian monogram. On rim, herringbone.
Handle, unpierced, two grooves above and below.
Reverse, pair of oval grooves.
Cracking orange clay.
Type 28 of ... June 1955 |
| Bernini. Bird Head lamp. Boeotia. Branch, relief. Bromios. Branches. Broneer types. Broneer type XVI. Broneer type XVII. Broneer type XVIII. Broneer type XX. Broneer type XXII. Broneer type XXIII. Broneer ... Agora 7 230 C 14:2 E 2:1 K 20:1 M 18:1 M-Q 17-21 ... Bronze lamps ... Channel-and-panel lamps ... Christian lamps |
Part of the front and top missing.
Discus, Christian monogram, with impressed circle on the cross. Rim, herringbone; handle with double grooves above, single below; semi-pierced.
Reverse, two concentric ... 6 October 1947 |
Preserved is only the handle, a bit of rim and discus.
Handle double grooved, unpierced. On rim very degenerate herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram.
Unglazed.
Brownish-pink micaceous clay.
Type ... 28 March 1935 |
Intact.
Wavy line on rim, Christian monogram on discus, with "rho" to left. Solid grooved handle, with stamped circle either side of base. Circular reverse with double concentric grooves enclosing signature ... 2 June 1936 |
Handle and nozzle missing.
On discus, jewelled cross, on rim dotted circles; on bottom, few dotted circles.
No glaze.
Red-brown clay.
Type XXVIII (Christian) of Corinth collection. In late Roman water ... 24 February 1953 |
On rim, vine pattern; partly broken.
On discus, Christian monogram with loop to right; four oil holes between arms of cross.
Handle solid, double grooved. Nozzle partially broken; rounded.
On bottom, double ... 26 June 1931 |
On rim, herringbone on sides; diagonal lines near handle and nozzle.
Square discus; Christian monogram with loop to right; three oil holes.
Plain nozzle.
On reverse, double almond-shaped groove, with palm ... 5 August 1931 |
Intact.
Herringbone pattern on rim; Christian monogram with "rho" to right on discus. Solid handle, doubly grooved in front and behind. Almond-shaped reverse enclosed by groove around letters.
Unglazed ... 7 March 1938 |
Herringbone on rim; Christian monogram on discus; handle double grooved and pierced.
Bottom almond-shaped, with traces apparently of a signature in a double groove.
Unglazed.
Brown clay, slightly micaceous ... 8 June 1936 |
Entire.
On discus, Christian monogram with "alpha" and "omega" between bars.
On rim, herringbone. Handle pierced.
On reverse, "K Y" within heart-shaped panel.
Unglazed.
Pale-buff clay.
Type XXVIII of ... 15 July 1937 |
Broken away at left.
Debased herringbone rim; Christian monogram with tail of "rho" to right, on discus. Small solid handle, grooved. On reverse, single almond-shaped groove, large, enclosing the signature ... 26 February 1937 |
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram; cross, bars grooved, loop to right.
Handle solid, double grooved.
On bottom, single almond-shaped groove, signed: "XIONHΣ".
Unglazed.
Red clay.
Type ... 30 June 1931 |
Intact except for chips.
Horse-shoe-shaped rim with herringbone pattern. Christian monogram on discus, with "rho" at right, stamped circles at apices. Solid handle; circular raised base with stamped circle ... 3 June 1936 |
Chip missing near nozzle.
Very poorly made example of Christian lamp. Cross on discus. Dotted circles on rim; traces of palm on bottom.
No glaze; surface much chipped.
Brown clay.
Type XXIX of Corinth ... 6 April 1954 |
Tip of handle gone.
Convex sides; herrinbone on rim; Christian cross on discus; solid handle, ungrooved below; on reverse, included in and flanking double almond-shaped groove, small stamped circles.
Slip ... 6 July 1933 |
Handle of discus and part of rim preserved.
Rim, raised concentric circles and lines. Discus, Christian monogram, very rough; raised circles between arms.
Handle, solid knob, grooved in front.
Unglazed; ... 7 April 1951 |
Mended from many fragments. Handle missing.
On discus, a Christian monogram; four small filling holes in angles of the cross. Wavy lines on rim. Almond-shaped reverse ornamented with small impressed circles ... 13 March 1935 |
Piece missing from front of bottom.
Grooves on rim ending in debased volutes by nozzle. Christian monogram on discus. Bottom, band of circles around outside, with part of wide groove and two circles preserved ... 5 April 1954 |
Intact.
Semi-pierced grooved handle, double grooved below and above; on the rim, leaves and acorns. On the discus, Christian monigram with tail of "rho" to left; small impressed rings on arms of cross ... 15 June 1938 |
Mended from two pieces.
Nozzle and base and parts of the wall, rim and discus missing.
Wide handle doubly grooved and pierced. Wavy lines on rim; on discus, Christian monogram in relief; "rho" to left ... 29 March 1935 |
Mended from two pieces.
Convex sides; herringbone on rim; Christian cross on discus; solid handle with double groove above and below; on the reverse, within a double groove, a palm branch.
Buff to red ... 5 July 1933 |
Intact, except chip on edge of top.
Cylindrical upright handle; two filling holes.
Herringbone on rim; cross on discus with stars and circles between; cross with spreading ends on bottom.
Unglazed. Christian ... 21 April 1953 |
Nozzle broken.
On rim, herringbone.
Plain discus, pear-shaped, with central filling hole and four lateral holes.
Handle, solid, double grooved.
Flat nozzle, slightly raised rim round wick hole.
On reverse, ... 31 July 1931 |
The nozzle and much of the left side are missing.
Double convex sides; large raised dots on rim divided from each other by pairs of smaller dots; Christian cross on sunken discus; solid handle connected ... 2 June 1933 |
Rear half preserved, with handle.
Herringbone pattern on rim. Christian monogram on discus with tail of "rho" to the right; arms of cross have horizontal grooves. Solid vertical handle, grooved.
almond-shaped ... 3 June 1936 |
Intact.
Herringbone pattern on rim; Christian cross on discus; three filling holes and one air hole. Solid handle with single groove on front. Almond-shaped reverse with double grooves and stamped circles ... 14 May 1937 |
Intact.
Debased herringbone pattern on rim; cross (or Christian monogram?) on discus. Broad channel on neck.
Solid handle without grooves. Almond-shaped reverse with grooved lines enclosing a palm branch ... 10 June 1937 |
A single fragment preserves part of handle, rim and discus.
On discus, christian symbol. On rim, raised concentric circles.
Dull reddish to blackish glaze-wash.
Type XXXI of Corinth collection.
ADDENDA ... 9 June 1939 |
Tip of handle missing.
On rim, stamped triangles and leaves.
On discus, Christian monogram with loop to right; herringbone pattern on arms of cross; three oil holes.
Handle plain, solid. Rather long nozzle ... 13 July 1931 |
| On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram, with arms of cross grooved, loop to right; stamped circles at ends of arms, and filling holes between.
Handle solid, double grooved.
On bottom, double ... 20 June 1931 |
On rim, wavy lines.
On discus, Christian monogram with loop right, and air holes between the arms of the cross.
Handle grooved. Nozzle with stamped circles inside.
On bottom, double almond-shaped groove ... 23 June 1931 |
Nozzle, most of one side wall, most of bottom gone.
Herringbone on rim, Christian monogram on discus. Handle semi-pierced, double grooved, with cross-hatchings on top. Bottom seems to have had a cross, ... 8 June 1936 |
Most of the center of the discus gone.
Convex sides; herringbone on rim; Christian cross on discus with circles in the arms; solid handle, double grooved on top; on the reverse, within double almond-shaped ... 27 June 1933 |
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram, with tail of "rho" to right. Two filling holes.
Nozzle plain, set off from rim by double groove on either side; air hole.
Handle solid, double grooved ... 24 February 1932 |
Complete.
Herringbone on rim; jewelled Christian cross on discus, with tail of "rho" to right and filling holes in the other three quadrants. Solid handle, the upper part very low; double grooved above ... 5 June 1933 |
| Fragment from top of a multiple-nozzled lamp with at least two disci.
Rosettes on the disci, with two grooves around them and a palm branch between. On the rim, between the nozzles, a Christian monogram ... 350-400 A.D. |
Nozzle and front part of body broken away.
On discus, Christian monogram, with tail of "rho" to right. Herringbone on rim. Handle grooved above and below.
Double groove on reverse, within which the signature ... Early 5th c. A.D. |
Tip of handle and most of the reverse broken off.
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram, with jewelled cross, and tail of "rho" to right; filling holes in the three other angles.
Handle solid, ... 3 April 1933 |
Half of top only remains.
In channel of rim alternating groups of concentric circles and quatrefoils, the band terminating toward the nozzle in concentric triangles.
On the discus, the Christian monogram, ... 24 February 1934 |
Intact except for nozzle and top of handle, missing.
Boat-shaped lamp with pierced grooved handle. Triply grooved rim with reed-incised circles and volutes by nozzle. On discus, Christian monogram with ... 23 April 1948 |
Part of top preserved.
On rim, herringbone pattern.
On discus, Christian monogram; the bars are hatched; in the right quarter an "omega"; the left quarter (containing the "alpha"?) broken away; at the ... 1931 |
Nozzle, and front part below, broken away.
Herringbone on the rim; on the discus Christian monogram, with the tail of the "rho" to the right. Central filling hole, and two more in the lower quadrants ... 7 June 1933 |
Nozzle and bottom part in front missing.
On rim, herringbone pattern.
On the discus, Christian monogram, with tail of "rho" to the right; broad channel from discus to nozzle.
Handle solid, double grooved ... 21 March 1933 |
Part of rim and discus preserved.
Palm branch on rim. Discus has Christian monogram, with the tail of the "rho" to the right, and with dots on the apices. In the lower right quarter of the field, an "omega" ... 10 March 1936 |
Handle and nozzle broken off; most of reverse missing.
Christian monogram on discus; "rho" to right; on rim a pattern of raised triangles, leaves, three leaved clovers, and bunches of grapes. Two filling ... 24 March 1937 |
End of nozzle at right broken away. Otherwise intact.
Discus plain with four small filling holes. Rim, herringbone. Handle, solid; grooved above and below. Reverse, within double oval grooves, a palm branch ... 5th. century A.D. |
Fragment preserves pointed unpierced handle, with adjacent upper part.
Christian monogram on discus, herringbone pattern on rim, grooves on handle.
Brick red clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. 5th.-6th ... 15 June 1951 |
Complete save for chip at tip of handle.
Herringbone on rim; pear-shaped discus, with jewelled Christian cross; tail of "rho" to right; three filling holes between the arms of the cross.
Handle solid, ... 26 May 1933 |
| On rim, herringbone.
On discus, Christian monogram, the bars of the cross hatched, the tail of the "rho" to the right.
Handle solid, double grooved above, single below, with a double impressed circle where ... 23 March 1933 |
Fragment of wall and rim preserved.
Apparently a lamp with upper and lower walls meeting at a sharp angle and shoulder curving into rim, without a marked division.
On rim, in low relief, traces of a cross ... 12 February 1937 |
The back of the handle chipped, and the discus broken round the filling hole; a small hole in the bottom; otherwise complete.
Herringbone on rim; on the discus Christian monogram, with the tail of the ... 2 June 1933 |
The fragment preserves most of the discus, part of the rim, wall and reverse at the back, and the handle.
On the discus, Christian cross with tail of "rho" to right; filling holes in the other three quadrants ... 3 June 1933 |
Intact except for chips and hole in bottom.
On rim, triangles, leaves and dot clusters. On discus, Christian monogram with tail of "rho" to right. Solid handle, ungrooved above; on back of lamp below handle, ... 10 June 1938 |
Wavy lines on the rim, with groups of three dots on either side of the handle and nozzle.
Christian monogram on square discus; the tail of the "rho" to the right; filling holes in the lower quadrants ... 8 June 1933 |
The end of the nozzle and the lower part of the lamp in front broken away; mended from two pieces.
Christian monogram on discus; the tail of the "rho" to the right; filling holes in the other three quadrants ... 8 June 1933 |
Convex sides.
On rim, a band of triangles, oak leaves, clover leaves and dotted pyramids in low relief.
On discus, a Christian cross monogram with herringbone in the arms and a circle at the center.
Solid ... 13 May 1933 |
Intact except for top of handle, and hole at one side.
Broad flat bottom with almond-shaped grooves and impressed circles; a palm branch down the center, and a signature.
Broad channel to filling hole; ... 19 May 1938 |
The left side of the top repaired with three pieces; a small bit missing from the side; otherwise complete.
On the rim a row of stamped circles surrounded by smaller circles. On the discus, jewelled Christian ... 30 May 1933 |
| Thompson, H. A., "Pnyx and Thesmophorion," Hesperia, V, 1936, cf. pp. 169, 197. Agora 2. Thompson, Margaret, "Some Unpublished Bronze Money of the Early Eighth Century," Hesperia, IX, 1940, pp. 358-380 ... Agora 7 xiv ... Bassett, "The Cave at Vari, VI, The Terracotta Lamps," A.J.A., VII, 1903, pp. 338-349 ... Elderkin, Princeton, 1934, Lamps, by F. O. Waage, pp. 58-67 ... Walters Art Gallery, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore, 1947 |
| Corinth, Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Corinth IV, ii. Corinth X. Corinth XII. Corinth XIV. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Courbin, P., "Une rue ... Agora 7 xi ... E., "Early Christian Epitaphs from Athens," Hesperia, XVI, 1947, pp. 1-54 ... M., Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum, London, 1901 ... Day, Florence, "Early Islamic and Christian Lamps," Berytus, VII, 1942, pp. 64-79 |
| Pausanias, I, 23, 7. Clay Figurine Lamps. Bieber, Hellenistic Sculpture, fig. 637. A. Maiuri, Boll. d'Arte, V, 1945, p. 268. Garcia y Bellido, II, CCCXXV, 467. W.B Emery, The Royal Tombs of Ballana and ... Agora 6 34 ... Clay Figurine Lamps ... Alföldi, A Festival of Isis in Rome under the Christian Emperors of the 4th Century, Dissertations Pannonicae, Series 2, no. 7, Budapest, 1937 |
| Adolf Furtwängler, Ernst Fiechter, and Hermann Thiersch, Aegina das Heiligtum der Aphaia, Munich, 1906. Henry S. Robinson, The Athenian Agora, Results of Excavations conducted by the American School of ... Agora 4 ix ... Waagé, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Vol. III, "Lamps," Princeton, 1941 ... IV, Part II, Terracotta Lamps, Cambridge, Mass., 1930 ... Christian Blinkenberg, Lindos, Fouilles de l'Acropole, Vol. |
| Index; General. Index; General; Acrobat. Index; General; Berries. Index; General; Actor. Index; General; Actor; Bacchic. Index; General; Bestiarius. Index; General; Actor; Comic. Index; General; Bilychnis ... Agora 6 102 ... Index; General; Christian Influence ... Index; General; Bear; Lamps |
http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... This booklet illustrates the ornate Early Christian carving and colorful green and brown glazed pottery that distinguished medieval Athens. ... This booklet presents the development of different styles of lamps and includes a very useful identification guide. ... She also provides illustrations of particularly fine examples, including ornate festival lamps with many nozzles and bizarre shapes. |
http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... The series includes studies of lamps, sculpture, coins, inscriptions, and pottery. ... JSTOR | Search for Items Inside Greek Lamps and Their Survivals Author: Howland, R. ... The molded “plastic” lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines. |
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