Object card·SAL_0329·1965

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp in the form of an askos, Campanopetra

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp in the form of an askos, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0329. "Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp in the form of an askos, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete wheel-made closed lamp in the form of an askos, of light red, fine clay, with a tubular spout slightly raised above the top of the lamp, its level a little lower than that of the handle. The handle is reduced to a flattened knob on the shoulder of the lamp, ending above in a decoration of three joined beads; L. 9.5. Diameter 8.4 cm; H. to spout 3.7 cm; H. of body 3.4 cm; max. H. at handle 4.2 cm. Traces of fire at the spout. The central filling hole is fairly narrow relative to the diameter of the lamp. Red slip, flaked and almost entirely gone except at the upper part around the filling hole; the base was never slipped. Object inventory L_0079; Salamis, Campanopetra, square K V/δ10; 5 October 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_02 caracterique : n.d. objet : lampe epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée num planche : PL_16 carre : K V/δ10 negatif : 03394_01 carre : B 23 (γ) ø = 8,4 ht. au bec = 3,7. ht. corps = 3,4 ht. max. à l'anse = 4,2 bec tubulaire, légèrement relevé au-dessus du sommet de la lampe, mais dont le niveau est un peu inférieur à celui de l'anse Complète. Argile rouge clair, fine dessin : D_2531 dessin : D_0664 diapositives : C_0021 forme : Lampe en forme d'Askos inv objet : L_0079 negatif : 01887_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0102_p_0048-0049 anse réduite à une sorte de tenon écrasé sur l'échine de la lampe et qui se termine à la partie supérieure par un décor de trois perles accolées. L = 9,5 traces de feu au bec. Lampe tournée en forme d’askos, ou de vase en miche. Le trou d’alimentation central est assez étroit, par rapport au diamètre de la lampe vernis rouge qui s’est écaillé et a disparu presque totalement sauf à la partie supérieure, autour du trou d’alimentation. Le fond n’a jamais été verni

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