Object card·SAL_0869·1966

Moulded Roman lamp, Type 14, Sondage Z

Moulded Roman lamp, Type 14, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0869. "Moulded Roman lamp, Type 14, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 14, of red clay, unglazed, with ears and a medallion with no figurative decoration; complete, with traces of fire at the nozzle, height 2.1 cm, diameter 7.2 cm, base diameter 3.6 cm, length 8.7 cm. The crown appears undecorated, with a circular flat base; the medallion differs in its decoration, with two raised circles, one bounding the crown and medallion and the other, at two-thirds of the slope of the medallion, defining a ring with radiating decoration centred on the central filling hole; the relief is very indistinct (worn mould). Similar to Sal. 587 in its general form. Square K V/α9; negatives 03382_01 and 01886_01; slide C_0916; inventory L_0217; 16 April 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z epoque : romaine num planche : PL_08 Complète. Argile rouge objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ht. = 2,1. forme : Type 14 traces de feu au bec ø fond = 3,6 ø = 7,2 carre : K V/α9 caracterique : Lampe non vernie, à oreilles, médaillon sans décor figuratif negatif : 03382_01 couronne apparemment sans décor fond plat circulaire. L = 8,7 diffère par le décor du médaillon : deux cercles en relief, l'un qui limite couronne et médaillon, l'autre, aux deux tiers de la pente du médaillon, détermine un anneau garni d’un décor radiant, axé sur le trou d’alimentation central diapositives : C_0916 inv objet : L_0217 negatif : 01886_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0415_p_0102 relief très indistinct (moule usé). Lampe moulée, type 14, semblable à Sal. 587 pour la forme générale

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