Object card·SAL_0808·1966

Limestone incense burner stand, Sondage Z

Limestone incense burner stand, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0808. "Limestone incense burner stand, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Limestone incense burner (possibly a stand), with traces of turning, incomplete; the upper part and base are damaged. Its dimensions are L. 9.2, l. 8 and H. 12 cm. It consists of a truncated conical column set on a thick rectangular base, with two series of mouldings decorating the top and bottom of the column. Found with a lamp of type XIV (1st-3rd century AD): Salamis I, no. 232, pp. 76-77 (Sal. 813), in square K V/α9 of Sondage Z, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0061; 13 April 1966.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_39 — Calcaire type :BRÛLE-PARFUM traces de tour forme : Supports? negatif : 00175 carre : K V/α9 l. : 9,2 incomplet, la partie supérieure et la base sont endommagées. H : 12 diapositives : C_0833 inv objet : Po_0061 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0401_p_0130 l. : 8. — Support (?) en forme de cippe. Une colonnette tronconique est établie sur une épaisse base rectangulaire. Deux séries de moulurations décorent le haut et le bas de la colonnette. — Trouvé avec une lampe du type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Salamine I, n° 232, p. 76-77 (Sal. 813) chantier : Sondage Z

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