Object card·SAL_0527·1966

Limestone incense burner on three feet, Campanopetra

Limestone incense burner on three feet, Campanopetra
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0527. "Limestone incense burner on three feet, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Limestone incense burner in the form of a chalice mounted on three feet, showing traces of turning; incomplete, its upper part is three-quarters broken. H. 8 cm, ø 7.3 cm. The upper part is a circular bowl with straight sides and an oblique base, hollowed internally into a cone; it sits on a short cylindrical shaft with moulded bands at its base and top, above a wide cylindrical plinth. The outer surface is entirely decorated with horizontal series of mouldings and grooves, similar to the decoration of the bowl. Three short triangular feet support the whole. Square K V/εζ9; B 21 (γ). Inventory Po_0042; 23 March 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_37 — Calcaire type :BRÛLE-PARFUM traces de tour forme : Brûle-parfum de pierre en forme de calices montés sur trois pieds num planche : PL_67 carre : K V/εζ9 carre : B 21 (γ) incomplet, la partie supérieure est au trois-quarts brisée. H : 8 ø :7,3. — La partie supérieure de ce brûle-parfum est une coupe circulaire à bords droits et fond oblique elle est évidée intérieurement en cône. Cette coupe est montée sur un court fût cylindrique dont la base et le sommet sont ornés de moulures. Une large assise cylindrique soutient le fût sa surface extérieure est entièrement décorée de séries horizontales de moulures et de gorges dessin : D_0003 diapositives : C_0598 inv objet : Po_0042 negatif : 01952_06 negatif : 01864_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0386_p_0127 son décor est semblable à celui de la vasque. Trois pieds courts triangulaires supportent l’ensemble.

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