Object card·SAL_0030·1965

Moulded Roman lamp with peacock medallion, Campanopetra

Moulded Roman lamp with peacock medallion, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0030. "Moulded Roman lamp with peacock medallion, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 14, of unglazed salmon-coloured clay without slip or glaze, complete, from Campanopetra in Salamis, Cyprus; square K V/γδ9; C 23. The medallion shows a peacock with its tail spread, both feet on the thunderbolt and its head turned in profile to the right; the crown is decorated with an olive branch, and the feeding hole is set to the left of the feet. Traces of fire on the nozzle and the medallion; H. 2.2 cm, ø base 3.7 cm, ø 6.1 cm, L. 8.7 cm. Roman period. Negatives 03390_01 and 01883_05; drawing D_2120; inventory L_0009; 24 September 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra epoque : romaine num planche : PL_08 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ht. = 2,2. ø fond = 3,7 forme : Type 14 caracterique : Lampe non vernie, couronne décorée d'un rameau d'olivier ø = 6,1 carre : K V/γδ9 negatif : 03390_01 carre : C 23 traces de feu au bec et sur le médaillon. Lampe moulée, type 14 sur le médaillon, un paon, la queue étalée, les deux pattes sur le foudre, la tête tournée de profil vers la droite sur la couronne : rameau d’olivier trou d’alimentation déporté sur la gauche des pattes. L = 8,7 Complète. Argile saumon, sans engobe ni vernis dessin : D_2120 inv objet : L_0009 negatif : 01883_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0383_p_0097

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