[Agora Deposit] B 15:4: Well

Diameter 0.95m; water level -9.10m. Plais shaft cut in stereo from bottom of slender flask-shaped cistern. Scanty fill from house destruction in 5th c. A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor ... Late Roman ... A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor.

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[Agora Object] G 335: Bottle or Lamp Fragment

High base and part of side preserved. No pontil but roughish on bottom. Walls thin rapidly to top. Dark green glass. Bubbles and spirals. Slight iridescent; no other weathering. Fill of 5th or 6th c. A.D ... 23 April 1947 ... A.D. with fragments of Christian lamps, type XXXI.

[Agora Object] MC 283: Object

Horse-shoe-shaped object, broken at the back, chipped on the upper surface; broken along the bottom, but the ornament complete. Border wavy lines; within, Christian monogram with stamped circles. Unglazed ... 27 April 1936 ... Border wavy lines; within, Christian monogram with stamped circles. ... Probably shields for the handles of large lamps. For elaborate shields on early Christian lamps cf.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0839 (Slide Sheet: 36:11)

Christian symbols on lamps of the Roman period: Saint Paul (left, L 1153) and Saint Peter (right, L 4754) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Christian symbols on lamps of the Roman period: Saint Paul (left, L 1153) and Saint Peter (right, L 4754).

[Agora Object] L 3281: Lamp Fragment

Fragment only of part of base and handle. Handle triply grooved behind, stamped semicircles at its base. Circular reverse enclosed by triple concentric grooves with part of a letter in the center. Glazed ... 15 February 1938 ... Room XII, in consistent late Roman fill with many fragments of Christian type XXVIII lamps, still in tin.

[Agora Object] L 3280: Lamp Fragment

One-third of lamp preserved, with handle; parts of rim, discus and reverse. Rim has wavy line with oval depressions in the loops. Plain discus. Solid handle, triply grooved in front and doubly behind ... 15 February 1938 ... Room XII, in consistent late Roman fill with many fragments of Christian type XXVIII lamps, still in tin.

[Agora Object] L 1737: Lamp

Vertical loop handle and top of nozzle missing. Upper walls slope in to the flat narrow rim which has no visible decoration; possibly one had shallow herringbone. Two large filling holes; broad channel ... 9 April 1935

[Agora Object] L 3889: Lamp

Most of upper body and handle; nozzle and bottom broken away. Triangular rim; Christian monogram with "alpha; and "omega" on discus. Red glaze. Type XXXI of Corinth collection. Cistern; box 1. 1121 Leica ... 2 June 1939