Object card·SAL_0968·1966

Moulded Roman lamp with charioteer, Rampart sector

Moulded Roman lamp with charioteer, Rampart sector
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0968. "Moulded Roman lamp with charioteer, Rampart sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 16, of fine hard red clay with a red slip that has turned orange, H. 2.1 cm, ø 8.6 cm, L. 9.6 cm. Slight relief; the rim was to be decorated with a row of ovolo, and three circles in slight relief frame the medallion showing a charioteer whipping his bige. Incomplete: the back of the handle, one side of the medallion and the front of the nozzle are broken; two filling holes, one beneath the horses' legs and a smaller one at the bottom of the medallion just above the nozzle. Roman period, square K VI/β1; α25, Rampart sector, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory L_0245; 23 September 1966.

French, as on the record

caracterique : n.d. objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ht. = 2,1. forme : Type 16 carre : K VI/β1 carre : α25 negatif : 03389_01 relief très léger. Lampe moulée, type 16 ø = 8,6 Incomplète : l'arrière de l'anse, un côté du médaillon et la partie antérieure du bec sont brisés. Argile rouge, fine et dure diapositives : C_1008 inv objet : L_0245 negatif : 01831_06 negatif : 01831_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0426_p_0104 la couronne devait être décorée d’une rangée d’oves trois cercles en léger relief limitent le médaillon occupé par un cocher fouettant son attelage (bige) deux trous d’alimentation, l'un sous les pattes des chevaux, l'autre, plus petit, au bas du médaillon, juste au-dessus du bec. L = 9,6 recouverte d’un vernis rouge qui a tourné à l'orange chantier : Rempart num planche : PL_09 epoque : romaine

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