Object card·SAL_0965·1966

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Rampart sector

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Rampart sector
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0965. "Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Rampart sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with piriform profile, unslipped with a handle-less body and a tenon, in chamois clay; incomplete, the part of the body that could carry a thumb tenon is missing. Base H. 3.4 cm, base ø 3.3 cm, ø 5.6 cm, L. 7.2 cm; traces of red slip(?) and fire marks on the nozzle; two incised concentric circles at the top of the shoulder. Found in the Rampart sector, square α23; K V/α9, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory L_0243; slide C_1006; 23 September 1966.

French, as on the record

objet : lampe ø = 5,6 epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée caracterique : sans vernis avec tenon forme : sans anse, profil piriforme ht. = 3,4. ø base = 3,3 carre : α23 pied bas, légèrement concave. L = 7,2 traces de vernis rouge au bec ? traces de feu au bec. Lampe tournée : profil piriforme accentué Incomplète : il manque la partie du corps qui pouvait porter un tenon pour le pouce. Argile chamois carre : K V/α9 diapositives : C_1006 inv objet : L_0243 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0083_p_0044-0045 un troisième plus profond délimite le bourrelet qui cerne le trou d’alimentation légère protubérance conique au fond du réservoir deux cercles concentriques incisés au sommet de la panse chantier : Rempart

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