Object card·SAL_0911·1966

Late Roman moulded lamp, Campanopetra, square K IV/γ9

Late Roman moulded lamp, Campanopetra, square K IV/γ9
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0911. "Late Roman moulded lamp, Campanopetra, square K IV/γ9". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete moulded lamp of the late 8th series, Late Roman period, from Campanopetra, square K IV/γ9, inventory L_0223. Height 3.1 cm, length 9.2 cm, width 6.2 cm; apart from a small break at the handle, the lamp is complete. Salmon-coloured clay, perhaps covered on the upper part with a cream slip; the nozzle shows traces of fire. A straight transverse rib separates the depression leading to the wick hole, and the crown is decorated with floral garland motifs. The medallion is decorated with arcs of circles in slight relief surrounding the filling hole, except near the handle attachment, similar to Sal. 550. Negative 03387_01; drawings D_2561 and D_0804; slide C_0958; plates PL_10 and PL_19. Inventory SAL_0911; 16 April 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra carre : K IV/γ9 num planche : PL_10 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée Complète ht. = 3,1. epoque : Bas Empire forme : Tardive, 8ème série num planche : PL_19 caracterique : Lampe tardive, moulée allongée negatif : 03387_01 1 = 6,2 sauf une petite brisure à l'anse. Argile saumon, peut-être recouverte à la partie supérieure d’un engobe crème dessin : D_2561 dessin : D_0804 diapositives : C_0958 inv objet : L_0223 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0469_p_0112 séparé de la dépression qui conduit au trou de la mèche par une nervure transversale rectiligne couronne décorée de motifs floraux en guirlande. L = 9,2 traces de feu au bec. Lampe moulée, semblable à Sal. 550, mais le médaillon est orné d’arcs de cercle en léger relief, qui entourent le trou d’alimentation, sauf vers l'attache de l'anse

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