[Agora Object] L 1003: Lamp

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

[Agora Object] L 3539: Lamp

Intact. Watch-shaped body, groove around filling hole; pierced knob at side. Raised base. Red to black glaze, much peeled. Pinkish-buff clay. Type IX (clamshell, wheel made) of Corinth collection, type ... 8 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 1216: Lamp Fragment

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

[Agora Object] L 2187: Lamp with Graffito

Intact. Pierced knob on shoulder; ring foot reserved beneath. Wheel made Thin black glaze both inside and out, scratched from a groove around the filling hole. Charcoal clings to the wick hole. On the ... 4 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 4299: Lamp with Collar

The handle missing, the edge of the collar, and chips. Typical clam-shell variety on raised base, but with a flaring funnel-like collar around the filling hole, and a band handle from this collar to the ... 22 July 1947

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[Agora Object] L 3041: Lamp

Very flat watch-shaped body; pierced lug; scraped groove around filling hole. Raised base. Black glaze, somewhat peeled. Type 29A of Agora collection, type IX of Corinth collection. Well. Leica, 7-338, ... 16 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 2360: Lamp with Graffito

Handleless lamp on low base. Pierced lug on one side. Groove around rim, with glaze scraped away. Nozzle flat on top. Wheel made. Dull black glaze, somewhat pitted. Incised on upper surface of nozzle ... 4 May 1936

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[Agora Object] P 5654: Askos: West Slope

Handle and neck missing. Flat circular base; vertical ring handle at base of neck. Raised ring, surrounded by incised groove filled with red, around neck. On upper body, wreath in thinned clay paint. ... 17 May 1935

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[Agora Object] P 7774: Askos: West Slope

Mouth, handle and part of wall missing. Flat bottom, sharply angular side wall. Vertical ring handle set on shoulder. Around shoulder, an ivy wreath. 4.60m. to bottom. Cistern. Leica, 90-12-12, 90-13-12a ... 7-17 April 1936

[Agora Deposit] B 13:8: Well South of Kolonos Agoraios

A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX. Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m. Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 20:3: Well at 67/ΛΓ

Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2. Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin 28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 3:1: Cistern at 44/Η

Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Publication] Agora IV: 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