Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0954. "Hellenistic red-slipped closed lamp, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Wheel-made closed lamp of Hellenistic date from Campanopetra, Salamis, with no handle and a biconvex profile, red slip inside and out, and a tenon. Pink-salmon clay; the base is low, concave and fairly wide (ø 4.3 cm), the body ø 6 cm, H. 4 cm, and L. preserved 7.9 cm. The filling hole is decorated with an incised circle bounding a slightly projecting rim; the spout is broken and the whole back part is missing, with a low conical boss at the bottom of the reservoir. Inventory L_0237; slide C_0995; 1 April 1965.
French, as on the record
chantier : Campanopétra
objet : lampe
ø =6
epoque : hellénistique
type :lampe tournée fermée
ø base = 4,3
forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe
caracterique : à vernis rouge avec tenon
ht. = 4.
base peu élevée, concave et assez large
trou d’alimentation décoré d’un cercle en creux qui délimite un bourrelet peu saillant
Incomplète : bec brisé
diapositives : C_0995
inv objet : L_0237
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0057_p_0039
vernis rouge extérieur et intérieur. Lampe tournée, bien équilibrée
il manque toute la partie postérieure. Argile rose saumon
au fond du réservoir, protubérance conique peu développée. L conservée = 7,9
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