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L 3496: Base Fragment of Lamp with Graffito

Fragment of base and wall. Raised base, slightly concave; rounded wall. Good black glaze; underside reserved except around edge. Incised on underside. Type IV (later 5th. century group) of Corinth collection, ... 1 June 1938

L 2265: Base Fragment of Lamp: Inscribed

About half of bottom preserved. Within a low base ring, an almost illegible inscription. Traces of red to brown glaze. Buff clay. Signed Bases type of Agora collection. Clearing strosis no. 2. Leica ... 9 April 1936

L 1407: Base Fragment of Lamp: Maker's Mark

From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp as type XVIII of Corinth collection. Simulated ring foot. Part of signature preserved, in relief. Red glaze. Signed Bases type of ... 31 March 1934

L 1408: Base Fragment of Lamp: Maker's Mark

From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp, as type XVIII of Corinth collection. Simulated flat base, with part of a signature in relief: "CUΠA". Red glaze. Signed Bases type ... 31 March 1934

L 1970: Base of Lamp with Graffito

Lower part only preserved, with a sharply defined base. The bottom is unglazed, and on it is scratched a "Λ". Good black glaze. Pinkish-buff clay. Type VIIA (?) of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora ... 5 February 1936

L 4915: Base of Lamp: Maker's Mark

Broken all around. Raised base and a little of wall of a mold made lamp. Signature incised in the unbaked clay. Thin red to brown glaze. Buff clay. Signed Bases type of Agora collection. Cf. Type 50B ... 8 April 1952

L 5065: Base of Lamp: Maker's Mark

Lower half of body with root of handle preserved. Relief signature. Dull red glaze, much flaked. Buff clay. Signed Bases type of Agora collection. ADDENDA Monogram of "ΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ" (?). Cf. L 2086, for clay, ... 25 April 1953

L 4038: Basket-Handle Lamp

Back half of body missing. Concave top with high-swung basket-handle over it. Double-convex body. Long nozzle, fluked. Unpierced knob at side. Very flaky black glaze. Type XII of Corinth collection, type ... May 1940

L 3093: Bowl Fragment of Lamp

Above half, back part, preserved. Flat bottom, low side wall, plain rim, and horizontal handle at the rim. Somewhat peeled brownish glaze inside only. The bowl of an early open lamp (?). ADDENDA Joins ... 23-29 April 1937

L 2094: Five Nozzle Lamp

Complete. Plain wheel made type, with small sunken top and high band handle, singly grooved. Bottom bearly flat, grooved to simulate ring foot. Black glaze much chipped. Type XII (late straight variety) ... 10 March 1936

P 15027: Guttus with Maker's Signature: Gray Ware

The end of the spout, fragments of the wall and about two-thirds of the rim missing; restored in plaster. Squat pear-shaped jug on ridged flaring ring foot; narrow neck; broad round mouth with down-turned ... 12 May 1939

L 3560: Handle Fragmenr of Lamp

Handle and fragment of rim preserved. A very unusual handle; flat, broad and thick, spreading as it goes out, and dividing into two projections; one of these is pierced. Grooves and ridges around rim ... 7 June 1938

L 4702: Hanging Lamp Fragment

Base, part of lower body and most of central pillar preserved, the last chipped at top, but preserving most of hole for suspension. Black glazed; the central pillar inside unglazed. Type 27D of Agora ... 2 May 1950

L 32: Lamp

Broad, flat rim, sloping to center. Horizontal, broad handle broken. Long, deep nozzle, with small wick hole. Fairly high base; unglazed. Hard black glaze. Pale red Attic clay. Type VI (late 5th. century ... 16 June 1931

L 192: Lamp

Miniature lamp. Rim merges with the body; at the inner edge, a groove, and a small ridge round the central opening. Sides curving outwrad toward junction with rim. Irregular nozzle, spoon-shaped; rather ... 22 July 1931

L 243: Lamp

Front part of lamp. Rim merging with sides; broken along inner edge; close to the break, traces of a reserved band. Short nozzle, shallow, rounded, encroaching on rim. No base; under surface slightly concave ... 10 August 1931

L 318: Lamp

Double convex body, with triangular nozzle and low, concave base. On rim, imbricated leaf pattern. On top, moulded rim around central filling hole. Remains of vertical band handle. Traces of black glaze ... 29 January 1932

L 322: Lamp

Tip of nozzle missing. Double convex body, with concave top. Wheel made. Rising vertical band handle, broken at back; long nozzle. Slightly rising bottom, with central raised disc; base indicated by groove ... 6 February 1932

L 330: Lamp

Double convex body, upper part deeper than lower. Traces of pierced knob on left side. On top, two shallow, concentric grooves; edges of filling hole, broken away, probably rose a little. Nozzle, pointed, ... 12 February 1932

L 345: Lamp

No handle or knob. Squat body, rounding, merging with rim from which it is set off only by a very shallow groove. Nozzle, fairly flat on top, but rounding toward wick hole. Nozzle is long and pointed; ... 16 February 1932

L 378: Lamp

Tip of nozzle broken off. No handle. Mold made. Deep, rather angular body, with greatest diameter near bottom. Top flat covered, surrounded by raised edge. Long, deep, wide nozzle, with narrow flat top ... 20 February 1932

L 382: Lamp

Vertical band handle, tip and one side of nozzle broken away. Double convex body, with decoration in relief on upper part; series of large and small grooved rectangles; row of dots above and below. Small, ... 23 February 1932

L 388: Lamp

Left side of body broken off. Horizontal band handle broken away. Body narrows slightly toward top. Medium wide rim, down sloping; set off from body by wide deep groove. Long nozzle, flat on top; rather ... 24 February 1932

L 402: Lamp

Body, flat, angular, double convex. On top, moulded band around filling hole, like slightly raised rim. Long nozzle, pointed, with wick hole damaged from use. Knob on left side, perforated near front ... 1 March 1932

L 405: Lamp

Handle broken away. Body with much rounded sides, with greatest diameter below center. Slightly raised rim, set off by well-marked groove. Perforated knob on left side of body. Long nozzle, tubular (no ... 1 March 1932

L 413: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Double convex body. Rim broad, decorated with ribs. Discus plain, surrounded by groove; central filling hole. Nozzle long, large, with central ridge and wide-spread, rounded ... 29 February 1932

L 415: Lamp

Shallow body, unevenly double convex, the broader upper part forming an incurving rim. Top open. Body wall pulled outward with the thumb to form an open nozzle, now chipped at the end. Vertical handle ... 11 March 1932

L 429: Lamp

Top of standard of small lamp. No handle. Somewhat curving body, with greatest diameter below center. On top, groove with small inner raised edge around central opening. Small nozzle, with large wick hole ... 2 March 1932

L 461: Lamp

Two small pieces missing, from rim and from body. Wheel made. Double convex body. Depressed top. Short nozzle, slightly turned up at fluked ends. Base simulated by a groove round the bottom of the body ... 16 March 1932

L 482: Lamp

Miniature lamp. No handle. Continuous rim, with rounded body. Nozzle, flat on top; deep and broad. High base. Rather thin, lustrous black glaze, much flaked; base and lower front part of body, unglazed ... 30 March 1932

L 492: Lamp

Lamp with incised decoration on nozzle. Vertical band handle broken away. Shallow, double convex body. Wheel made. Rim indicated only by groove scratched through glaze round filling hole; a similar scratched ... 2 April 1932

L 494: Lamp

Left side of lamp, tip and left side of nozzle missing. Shallow, curving body; the flat rim merging with the sides. Small, horizontal band handle. Small nozzle, encroaching somewhat on rim. The inside, ... 2 April 1932

L 506: Lamp

Body with nearly vertical sides, curving in rapidly to base from point of greatest circumference. Broad top; meets sides at an angle; filling hole, surrounded by narrow insloping rim set off by broad groove ... 5 April 1932

L 513: Lamp

End of nozzle broken away. Double convex body with sharp angle between halves. On rim, raised ovolo. Top surrounded by high edge. Filling hole with slightly raised edge with three auxiliary holes. Nozzle, ... 7 April 1932

L 524: Lamp

Double convex body, the lower half much deeper than the upper; on the left side, a solid, cornucopia-like knob. Very small top, surrounded by a heavy ridge. Long nozzle, rising to a narrow grooved band ... 16 April 1932

L 528: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Body approaching double convex. Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove. Narrow nozzle, pointed; flat on top. At the left side a pierced knob, projecting to a point ... 18 April 1932

L 529: Lamp

Body approaching double convex; upper part larger than lower, rising to filling hole which is set off by a groove; no handle or knob. Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove. Long nozzle, blunt at ... 18 April 1932

L 530: Lamp

Horizontal band handle broken away. Body with slightly profiled sides, sloping in to top. On rim, narrow band, set off from body by groove. Rather small nozzle; flat on top. Small base, rising inside ... 18 April 1932

L 539: Lamp

Slightly rounding body, with pierced knob on left side. Short nozzle, flat on top. Broad sloping rim, set off from body by deep groove, partly scraped free of glaze. High base, rising to a point in the ... 18 April 1932

L 540: Lamp

Shallow double convex body. Long nozzle, with triangular end and large wick hole. Raised band surrounding small flat top continues to wick hole, forming a channel. On rim, moulded rays. High vertical band ... 19 April 1932

L 549: Lamp

Ball-shaped body; slightly flattened on top. Rim consits of narrow raised band round filling hole, set off from body by a broad and a narrow groove. Neither handle or knob. Rather small, deep nozzle and ... 22 April 1932

L 553: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Watch-shaped body; the upper part covered with ribs which radiate from a sunken band round the filling hole. Long, pointed nozzle; two grooves on top. On the left side ... 22 April 1932

L 555: Lamp

Sharply double convex body, with large solid knob on left side. On top, wide raised band, sloping down toward filling hole. Long nozzle, rounded at end, the nozzle broadening toward the tip, where the ... 22 April 1932

L 558: Lamp

Lamp with very large crudely made nozzle and raised rim round upper part of body. Tip of nozzle broken. Wheel made. Rounding body, with down sloping rim set off from body by irregular groove. The wall ... 22 April 1932

L 599: Lamp

Large lamp with high vertical ridge round top. The end of nozzle and the back part of handle broken away. Wheel made D. Double convex body, the upper part much larger than the lower; on the left side, ... 5 May 1932

L 611: Lamp

Lamp with narrow flat rim projecting beyond top of double convex body. Tip of nozzle broken. No handle. Upper part of body much higher than lower, which is hardly more than a beveled continuation of the ... 16 May 1932

L 613: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away. Mold made. Double convex body. Flat top depressed below edge of body. Small solid knob at left side. Long nozzle, slender, with rounded tip and large wick hole. Raised ... 16 May 1932

L 618: Lamp

Handle broken off. Body, drawn more sharply toward the very small top. Rim very narrow, surrounded by a high ridge and a groove. Very narrow, deep nozzle; flat on top. Horizontal band handle, broad; attachments ... 21 May 1932

L 621: Lamp

Rim, tip of nozzle and handle broken off. Body much broken and mended at the sides, but much missing. Rim was separated from body by groove; beyond this groove, on rounding body, three small shallow grooves ... 26 May 1932

L 648: Lamp

Bottom and fragment of rim only. No base; the bottom carefully finished, rising in the center in a cone. Shallow open body; flat rim projecting slightly at the outer edge. Black glazed inside and over ... 14 June 1932

L 666: Lamp

Mended from three pieces; half of nozzle, one side and most of bottom missing. Shallow double convex body, with greatest circumference higher than center; around opening, a narrow rim of just perceptible ... June 1932

L 668: Lamp

Lamp with unbridged nozzle and low base. Handle, most of nozzle and half sides missing. Comparatively deep body with curving sides; slightly raised base. One attachment of a horozontal handle preserved ... June 1932

L 672: Lamp

One side of a horizontal loop handle preserved. Double convex body, with greatest circumference below center. Bottom rises inside, flat outside. Unbridged nozzle. Thin flaked red to black glaze on inside ... August-September 1932

L 675: Lamp

Mended from five pieces; the back part of the left side missing. The rim hardly projecting at all on the outside, its outer edge simply set off from the body by a small groove. Dull glaze with metallic ... August-September 1932

L 702: Lamp

Miniature lamp. The nozzle broken away. Two pierced lugs, no handle; small raised base; round the filling hole a broad scraped groove. Glazed all over, inside and out, save on the groove, and on the underside ... 28 February 1933

L 703: Lamp

End of nozzle missing. Pierced lug; no handle. A raised ring around the slightly sunken filling hole; on either side of the ring a groove. Ring base, small but with broad ring. Dull black glaze inside; ... 28 February 1933

L 706: Lamp

Complete, with a double volute-like knob on the left side. Broad ribs on rim; dart pattern on nozzle. Lower part of body undecorated; simulated ring base. Remains of very flaky black glaze. Dark gray clay ... 3 March 1933

L 741: Lamp

Nozzle missing. No base, bottom left rough. Angular, double convex body; groove round small filling hole; large pierced knob on left side (broken). High base, rising slightly in center. Dull purplish-red ... 10 March 1933

L 744: Lamp

Broken from stand. The upper part of the base, a large rounded projection with a smaller one in part preserved below it, remains. Rounding body, pierced lug, scraped groove round down sloping top. Poor ... 11 March 1933

L 745: Lamp

Most of the bottom and lower right side broken away, also the vertical band handle. Rounded nozzle; ribs on rim, with row of small dots round central filling hole. Dolphin-shaped knob on left side. Large ... 15 March 1933

L 772: Lamp

Mended from four pieces; the end of the nozzle and a fragment from the right side of the body missing. On the rim, a vine pattern, very indistinct. No trace of handle; on the left side a small solid knob ... 17 March 1933

L 773: Lamp

The top entirely missing. Mold made. Double convex body, sharply angular. The nozzle flat on top, is however, like those of lamps of types VI and VII of Corinth collection, though unusually long in proportion ... 14 March 1933

L 822: Lamp

Tip of nozzle missing. On the top, rays around a plain rim; degenerated lug, unpierced, on left side; no handle. High base, rising in the center. The top of the nozzle flat, continuous with the rim; at ... 20 March 1933

L 849: Lamp

Handle, nozzle and part of side and bottom broken away; one side of filling hole chipped. Mold made. Pierced lug on one side of rim. Instead of the usual filling hole, a strainer. Raised ridge about outer ... 31 March 1933

L 856: Lamp

Curved body with raised ridge around discus which is slightly sunken. Vertical ribbon handle. Foot slightly concave. Nozzle flaring at end. Buff slip. Red clay. Type XVI of Corinth collection, type 35D ... 30 March 1933

L 859: Lamp

Sides approaching the vertical; high base, rising in the center; no handle. Outside the rim, which slopes downward only very slightly, a broad groove. Once covered with thin black glaze, now very largely ... 4 April 1933

L 860: Lamp

Bulging sides; no handle or knob; no separate top or rim, but simply two grooves, the inner somewhat sunk, around the filling hole. Ring base, rising within. Fine self slip, somewhat peeled, outside; inside ... 4 April 1933

L 861: Lamp

End of nozzle broken off, and knob at left side chipped away. A shallow groove round the outer edge of the broad, nearly flat top. Unglazed outside with fine self slip; black glaze inside, and some spilled ... 4 April 1933

L 862: Lamp

Bulging body; no knob or handle. Three grooves round a very small rim. Low base nearly flat, rising only on the inside. Outside unglazed, slipped; inside black glaze. Type VIIB of Corinth collection, ... 4 April 1933

L 863: Lamp

The left side broken away. Two grooves, one shallow and one deep, around the small, sharply sloping top. Bulging body; raised base, rising sharply within, and with a small round disk in the center beneath ... 4 April 1933

L 877: Lamp

Part of nozzle broken away. Large filling hole, central part of flat base edged by indented circle. Unglazed. Traces of burning on nozzle and filling hole. Buff clay. Type VI (early 4th. group variety) ... 8 April 1933

L 882: Lamp

End of nozzle broken off. Double convex body; heavy ring base; high band handle; top slightly depressed. Grayish-black metallic glaze, all over. Mold made. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XII (early spreading ... 20 April 1933

L 932: Lamp

Handle and end of nozzle missing. A broad and a narrow raised band round the filling hole; ribs on the rim. Two dolphin-shaped lugs. Raised base, rising in the center. Poor metallic glaze inside and out; ... 3 May 1933

L 936: Lamp

Rim and nozzle chipped. Rounded sides, medium sized filling hole with groove around edge, pierced lug on left of nozzle, ring base with circle raised on lower side of bottom of lamp. Unglazed exterior; ... 10 May 1933

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

L 1047: Lamp

Complete save for horizontal band handle broken away. The sides nearly vertical; rim broad, down sloping; low ring base. Black glaze firm but rather dull and irregularly applied over all, save for top ... 29 May 1933

L 1096: Lamp

Mended from many pieces. Nozzle and part of side missing. As far as can be seen, the lamp is circular, with a flat bottom wth rounded edges, convex sides, rim wide and plain, with projecting ledge and ... 14 March 1932

L 1110: Lamp

Handle, about a quarter of the rim and fragment of bottom broken away; restored in plaster. Mended from three pieces. Rounded rim; most of top open. Rounded sides, slightly raised foot, almost flat, reserved ... 4 April 1933

L 1115: Lamp

Mended from seven pieces; partly strengthened in plaster. The lower part of the nozzle, and fragments of sides and bottom missing. Watch-shaped body; the side wall continues upward to form a ridge around ... 17 March 1932

L 1123: Lamp

Double convex sides; slightly sunken, plain discus; pierced lug in a sort of "swirl" on one side; blunt nozzle; low ring base with slightly raised center. Poor black glaze. Wheel made. Buff clay. Type ... 20 June 1933

L 1157: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; fragments missing from the wall and bottom, and most of the handle. Raised ribs on the rim; on the rim opposite the nozzle a relief decoration, apparently intended for a satyr ... 30 June 1933

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L 1183: Lamp

The front part, with the nozzle, broken away. Shallow type with no base; the down sloping rim continuous with the walls. Glazed on the top of the rim, and the bottom of the lamp inside, the glaze fired ... Ca. 490-480 B.C.

L 1185: Lamp

Mended from four pieces; the back half of the wall and rim missing, and a piece from the front near the nozzle. None of the inner edge of the rim preserved. No base; the bottom rises to a rather large ... August-September 1932

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

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

L 1201: Lamp

Mended from sevearl pieces; bits missing from the bottom. No base; the bottom rises in the middle. No handle. Black glaze on the rim, the nozzle, and the inside of the body; orange wash on the bottom and ... August-September 1932

L 1202: Lamp

Mended from three pieces. None of the rim preserved, and only a trace of the start of the nozzle. Neat ring base reserved on resting surface and inside, with three small concentric circles of glaze at ... August-September 1932

L 1205: Lamp

Mended from three pieces; most of the wall missing, and none of the inner edge of the rim preserved. The bottom rises to a central point, inside. Neat ring foot; a reserved line at its junction with the ... August-September 1932

L 1300: Lamp

Vertical band handle, and end of long nozzle, broken away. Knob on left side. High rim around top. High base. Wheel made D. Fired part black, part red. Related to type XII of Corinth collection, type ... 3 March 1934

L 1306: Lamp

Long nozzle; vertical handle broken off. Large knob on left side; rim depressed. Ring foot. Wheel made C. Black glaze. Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth collection, type 35A of Agora collection ... 5 March 1934

L 1322: Lamp

Vertical band handle broken away; the nozzle broken and mended; otherwise complete. Plain lamp, with depressed top. Large pierced knob on the left side. Rather high foot. Wheel made. Poor black glaze ... 10 March 1934

L 1326: Lamp

The end of the nozzle and part of the center broken away. Flat sunken center; unpierced lug at the left. Flat bottom. Traces of thin reddish black glaze within; the exterior unglazed. Buff clay. Type ... 125-75 B.C.

L 1327: Lamp

The vertical handle broken away, and chips missing; otherwise complete. Rays on the rim. Elongated knob on left side. Thin black glaze, much worn. Type 52 C of Agora collection, type XVIII of Corinth ... Ca. 50 B.C.-25 A.D.

L 1328: Lamp

Mended from two pieces. The end of the nozzle and the lug at the left broken away. Badly worn glaze on the inside, and the rim. Type 25 B' of Agora collection, type VII (partly glazed exteriors)of Corinth ... 350-250 B.C.

L 1335: Lamp

Handle and nozzle broken off. The body rounded, with rings on the shoulder, and a raised edge around the sunken center. No foot. Wheel made D. Glazed black to red; the glaze much worn. Buff clay. Type ... 15 March 1934

L 1354: Lamp

The back of the body broken away; otherwise intact. Small raised base. Broad reserved groove on rim. Black glaze inside and out. Type VII of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora collection. Cf. Agora ... 370-275 B.C.

L 1362: Lamp

The handle and the end of the nozzle broken off. Long nozzle; vertical band handle; simulated ring foot; ridge around center. On either side of the rim, a moulded rosette. Black glaze. Pinkish-buff clay ... 21 March 1934

L 1365: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; the handle (?) missing Mold made lamp, with long nozzle, simulated ring foot, and plain rim. Black glaze. Mold made. Pinkish-buff clay. Type IX of Corinth collection, Misc ... 22 March 1934

L 1369: Lamp

Complete. Angular profile; small discus with raised band around nozzle; vertical loop handle; very low base ring. Pale yellow clay, covered on the upper part only with a thin red wash. Type XIX of Corinth ... 1st. century A.D.

L 1385: Lamp

Much of the side wall is missing. Flat bottom; side wall bulges slightly toward bottom; filling hole surrounded by raised rim; nozzle has blunt, slightly flaring end. Red flaky glaze. Buff clay. Type ... 3-12 March 1934