Object card·SAL_1003·1966

Roman moulded lamp with Tyche medallion, Rampart

Roman moulded lamp with Tyche medallion, Rampart
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1003. "Roman moulded lamp with Tyche medallion, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, type 13, circular, without handle, with a slightly projecting nozzle and a decorated medallion showing a standing figure of Tyche, holding a cornucopia in her left hand and resting her right hand on a rudder; the relief is very worn. Incomplete, with only the upper part remaining; yellowish-white, fine and friable clay; feeding hole to the right of the representation, ø 6.5 cm. Similar in its characteristic features to Sal. 521, but different in size and clay. Square K VI/β1; α25; Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory L_0257; Roman; 24 September 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart num planche : PL_06 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 13 : lampe circulaire, sans anse, bec en légère saillie caracterique : Lampe à médaillon décoré, sans oreille carre : K VI/β1 carre : α25 diapositives : C_1038 inv objet : L_0257 negatif : 03385_01 negatif : 01887_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0196_p_0070 relief très atténué. Lampe moulée, type 13 (présentant les mêmes aspects caractéristiques que Sal. 521, mais différente par la taille et l'argile) trou d’alimentation, à droite de le représentation. ø = 6,5. Incomplète : il ne reste que la partie supérieure. Argile blanc jaunâtre, fine et friable médaillon décoré d’une figure debout : Tyché tendant de la main gauche la corne d’abondance, s’appuyant de la droite sur un gouvernail

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