[Agora Object] L 1530: Lamp with Central Collar

Mended from many pieces. Ring foot; convex rounded body, the walls continuous with the rim. Short nozzle; no handle. Pinkish-buff clay. Type IV (late variants) of Corinth collection, type 27C of Agora ... 8 May 1934

[Agora Object] L 3872: Lamp

Complete except for chips. Small lamp with high raised base and deep rounded body; hollow tube through center; stubby nozzle. Poor red to brown glaze, worn. Buff clay. Type IV (late variant) of Corinth ... 9 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 123: Lamp

Body with curving sides merging with rim; open socket through center. Short nozzle, blunt nozzle encroaching on rim. High base. Mottled red and black glaze over the entire lamp, badly chipped. Buff clay ... 28 June 1931

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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