Wednesday 12 January 2011

Lamps from the Athenian Agora (Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Books, No. 9)



Lamps from the Athenian Agora (Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Books, No. 9)
Judith Perlzweig | 1964-11-21 00:00:00 | American School of Classical Studies | 32 | Social Science
At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragments of these distinctive objects have been found. This booklet shows the development of different styles and includes a very useful identification guide. The author discusses the manufacture of lamps, a major industry with over 50 known Athenian workshops in the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD. She also provides illustrations of particularly fine examples, including ornate festival lamps with many nozzles and bizarre shapes.

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