Object card·SAL_0530·1966

Moulded Roman lamp with red slip and rooster, Campanopetra

Moulded Roman lamp with red slip and rooster, Campanopetra
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0530. "Moulded Roman lamp with red slip and rooster, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 10, with red slip that has turned brown on the front and lower parts, from Campanopetra, Salamis, Cyprus; the object is incomplete, the tip of the nozzle is missing and the back is flaked. Fine dark salmon clay; the medallion, defined by three slightly raised circles, has a marked concavity and is decorated with a rooster walking right, and the flat base is marked with a single circle. The feeding hole, set off-centre, lies in front of the rooster's legs. Inventory L_0120; H. 2.2 cm, base diameter 3.7 cm, diameter 6.7 cm, L. 8 cm; square K V/εζ9; B 21 (γ); negative 01876_04; slide C_0601; 23 March 1966. Compare Sal. 529.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra epoque : romaine num planche : PL_03 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ht. = 2,2. caracterique : à vernis rouge forme : Type 10 ø base = 3,7 ø = 6,7 carre : K V/εζ9 carre : B 21 (γ) Incomplète : il manque l'extrémité du bec écaillée à l'arrière. Argile saumon foncé, très fine diapositives : C_0601 inv objet : L_0120 negatif : 01876_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0117_p_0054 il est décoré d’un coq marchant vers la droite fond plat marqué d’une simple circonférence. L = 8 vernis rouge qui a tourné au brun sur les parties antérieure et inférieure. Lampe moulée, type 10 (cf.Sal. 529) : le médaillon, défini par trois circonférences en léger relief, présente une concavité marquée le trou d’alimentation, décentré, se trouve devant les pattes du coq

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