Moulded lamp with bird on olive branch, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0265. "Moulded lamp with bird on olive branch, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Complete moulded lamp, Type 11 (cf. Sal. 425), with a small break at the base, in buff clay; H. 2.2, ø 5.5, L. 9.1. The decorated medallion shows a bird perched on an olive branch, apparently pecking at it, facing right; the filling hole is off-centre, placed under the branch, and the crown has double ovolo decoration. The flat base is defined by a plain circumference. Roman period. Salamis, Campanopetra, square K V/δ10; B 23 (γ). Inventory L_0055; negative 03381_01; 1 October 1965.
French, as on the record
objet : lampe
type :lampe moulée
ht. = 2,2.
forme : Type 11
caracterique : Médaillon décoré
ø = 5,5
carre : K V/δ10
negatif : 03381_01
carre : B 23 (γ)
trou d’alimentation décentré, placé sous le rameau
couronne : oves doubles
fond plat, défini par une circonférence sans relief. - L = 9,1
médaillon décoré d’un oiseau perché sur un rameau d’olivier qu’il semble picorer, tourné vers la droite
inv objet : L_0055
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0147_p_0061
Complète, sauf une petite brisure à la base. Argile chamois. Lampe moulée, type 11 (cf. Sal. 425)
chantier : Campanopétra
epoque : romaine
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