| Inventory Number: | L 554 | |
| Section Number: | ΣΤ' 80 | |
| Title: | Lamp | |
| Category: | Lamps | |
| Description: | Mended from many fragments; incomplete. Vertical band handle broken away. Thick watch-shaped body, tending to double convex. Long, pointed nozzle, rounded on top. On the right side of the body, a small, solid dolphin-shaped knob; on the left side, a similar knob, cornucopia-shaped. Base rising in center; resembling low ring foot. Metallic glaze, peeled in part; over all. Attic clay. Type XI (Agora version) of Corinth collection, type 43A of Agora collection. ADDENDA Lamps L 551 to L 559 found together. A number of fragmentary lamps from the same pithos have been boxed separately, along with the finer sherds. See also pottery 589-630. Strongly resembling in shape, clay, glaze, knobs on sides, etc., the mold made lamps of type XVIII, found with it. See L 551-553. | |
| Context: | Pithos. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, 4-332, 79-1-2 | |
| Dimensions: | L. 0.114; W. 0.074; H. 0.034 | |
| Material: | Ceramic | |
| Date: | 22 April 1932 | |
| Section: | ΣΤ' | |
| Grid: | ΣΤ':53/Δ | |
| Deposit: | H 16:4 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 388, no. D 59, fig. 75. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 3 (1934) Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 144, p. 134 Publication Page: Agora 4, s. 232, p. 222 Publication Page: Agora 29.1, s. 545, p. 506 Image: 2012.70.0734 (79-1-2) Image: 2012.23.0100 (4-332) Deposit: H 16:4 Card: L 554 |