Object card·SAL_0603·1966

Moulded lamp with sphinx handle, Campanopetra

Moulded lamp with sphinx handle, Campanopetra
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0603. "Moulded lamp with sphinx handle, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 12?, from Salamis, Campanopetra sector, square B 24 (γ) and K V/γ10; incomplete, preserving a fragment of the handle. The handle is formed by a sphinx seen from the front, with wings spread out to the sides, and at the back a vertical ridge from which the circular ring for gripping was set; at the feet of the sphinx is a palmette decoration. Grey clay without slip; height 4.7 cm, length 5.7 cm; Roman period. Inventory L_0171; 29 March 1966.

French, as on the record

objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 12 ht. = 4,7. negatif : 03389_01 carre : K V/γ10 carre : B 24 (γ) anse constituée par un sphinx de face aux ailes étalées latéralement dessin : D_2546 dessin : D_0667 diapositives : C_0669 à l'arrière départ de l'arête verticale, perpendicualire au plan du sphinx, dans laquelle était ménagé l'anneau circulaire pour la préhension. L = 5,7 inv objet : L_0171 aux pieds du sphinx décor de palme amorçant le raccord avec la suite de l'anse negatif : 01803_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0184_p_0068 Incomplète : fragment d’une anse. Argile grise sans vernis. Lampe moulée, type 12? chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_18 epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. num planche : PL_05

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