[Agora Object] L 3723: Lamp

Complete but chipped at one side. Shallow rounded body; raised band around central opening; rather long nozzle. Black glaze, somewhat chipped on top, nozzle, and inside. Dilute glaze wash outside. Type ... 4 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 4678: Lamp Fragment

About one half of back of lamp preserved. Raised ridge at inner edge of rim; very low raised base; handle, of which breaks for attachment preserved, missing. Black glaze on ridge, band at shoulder, and ... 13 August 1947

[Agora Object] L 1186: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; fragment missing from wall and bottom; the inner edge of the rim much chipped. No handle. Shallow type; no base; the bottom rises slightly toward the center. Raised band around ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] L 1187: Lamp

Mended from two pieces; all of the bottom, and the nozzle, missing. Fragmentary. The rim slopes upward slightly toward the central opening, which is surrounded by a raised ring. The start of the horizontal ... August-September 1932

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[Agora Object] L 678: Lamp Fragment

Left side preserved, mended from two pieces. Raised band round filling hole. Transparent glaze on body; black glaze, now nearly all flaked off, on nozzle, band, and stripe outside band. Inside unglazed, ... August-September 1932

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[Agora Object] L 3372: Lamp

Intact. Very shallow lamp on flat bottom. Sharply convex sides. Broad flat top. Narrow raised band around filling hole. Large nozzle encroaching but little on top. Red to black glaze inside, for the band ... 500-450 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 4415: Lamp

Three joining fragments preserve most of one side, with the start of the nozzle and part of the floor. No base; the floor rises slightly towards center. Low rounded wall; a broad groove on the rim. Red ... 15-25 September 1947

[Agora Deposit] D 17:2: Bothros of Agonippos

A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:4: Construction Fillings

Fillings below the courtyard floor of the Poros Enclosure west of the Areopagus. The lowest layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building ... First half of 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:5: Unfinished Well Shaft

A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:3: Well

Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building. Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.

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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