Object card·SAL_0984·1966

Roman mould-made red-slipped lamp with bird, Tomb 1

Roman mould-made red-slipped lamp with bird, Tomb 1
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0984. "Roman mould-made red-slipped lamp with bird, Tomb 1". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Mould-made lamp, Type 10 (cf. Sal. 529), with red slip, glaze-like and darker than other lamps of the same type, in very fine, resistant red clay; inventory L_0256, Salamis, Tomb 1, Roman period, record SAL_0984. The round medallion, defined by three concentric circles, bears a bird in slight relief, perched on a sprig of three olive leaves and turned to the right, seemingly pecking; the medallion is chipped towards the back. The lamp is incomplete, its base missing; the off-centre filling hole lies beneath the sprig, under the bird's feet. Diameter 6.2 cm, height 2 cm, length 8.5 cm. April 1966.

French, as on the record

epoque : romaine num planche : PL_03 chantier : Tombe 1 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ø = 6,2 ht. = 2. caracterique : à vernis rouge forme : Type 10 tourné vers la droite, l'oiseau semble picorer Incomplète : la base manque diapositives : C_1023 inv objet : L_0256 negatif : 03389_01 negatif : 01876_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0119_p_0055 le médaillon est ébréché vers l'arrière. Argile rouge, très fine, résistante trou d’alimentation, décentré, placé sous le rameau, sous les pattes de l'oiseau. L = 8,5 vernis rouge à glaçure, plus foncé que celui des autres lampes du même type. Lampe moulée, type 10 (cf. Sal. 529) : le médaillon, défini par trois cercles concentriques, est décoré d’un oiseau en léger relief, perché sur un rameau (trois feuilles d’olivier)

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