Object card·SAL_0327·1965

Moulded oil lamp with medallion, Campanopetra, SAL_0327

Moulded oil lamp with medallion, Campanopetra, SAL_0327
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0327. "Moulded oil lamp with medallion, Campanopetra, SAL_0327". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, type 13: circular, without handle, nozzle slightly projecting; decorated medallion lamp with ear handles, H. 2.3 cm, restored diameter c. 10 cm. White-yellowish clay, very friable, incomplete. The medallion is bounded by two circles; at the centre are two busts of figures wearing tall calathoi, but the representation is very indistinct and the two figures cannot be identified. Two ears project from the body of the lamp at the ends of the diameter perpendicular to the lamp's axis, forming a double volute, also very indistinct. L. 9 cm. Inventory L_0077; negative 03385_01; slide C_0015; Salamis, Campanopetra, square K V/δ10; B 23 (γ); Roman period; 5 October 1965.

French, as on the record

forme : Type 13 : lampe circulaire, sans anse, bec en légère saillie ht. = 2,3. carre : K V/δ10 carre : B 23 (γ) caracterique : Lampe à médaillon décoré, avec oreille 0 restitué ca 10 médaillon limité par deux cercles diapositives : C_0015 mais la représentation reste très indistincte, et il n’est pas possible d’identifier les deux figures. L = 9 inv objet : L_0077 negatif : 03385_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0200_p_0071 Incomplète. Argile blanc jaunâtre très friable. Lampe moulée, type 13 (cf. Sal. 1003) au centre, deux bustes de personnages, portant de hauts calathoi aux deux extrémités du diamètre perpendiculaire à l'axe de la lampe, deux oreilles en saillie, collées au corps de la lampe, dessinant une double volute, mais très indistincte chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_06 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée

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