[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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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 ... Google Books | English PDF | Buy Online | Search for Items Inside Lamps from the Athenian Agora Author: Perlzweig, J.Publication Date: 1963ISBN: 0876616090Picture Book: 9 At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragments of these distinctive objects have been found. 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.

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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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. ... JSTOR | Search for Items Inside Lamps of the Roman Period, First to Seventh Century after Christ Author: Perlzweig, J.Publication Date: 1961ISBN: 978-0-87661-207-1Volume: 7 Nearly 3,000 specimens of lamps of “Roman” character are catalogued in this volume that covers the period from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D.