Object card·SAL_1011·1966

Terracotta lamp with horizontal handle, Sondage Z

Terracotta lamp with horizontal handle, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1011. "Terracotta lamp with horizontal handle, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, of classical period, from Sondage Z, square K V/α9, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory L_0261; H. 3.8 cm; base ø 2.9 cm; feeding hole ø 2 cm; spout L. 6.9 cm, added and flat on top, joined to the body along the belly, with traces of fire at the spout. Globular body swelling in its upper part, ending in three concentric incised circles, with a central ridge and a slight depression around the feeding hole; conical lower part ending in a circular base with a slight projection (0.2 cm). Incomplete: handle broken. Very fine, hard salmon-coloured clay, unslipped except inside, where traces of red slip survive, flaking. Negatives 03379_01, 03380_01, 01888_01, 02307_02, 01868_01; drawings D_1555, D_2519, D_0808; plates PL_02, PL_15; slide C_0422. 27 September 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z num planche : PL_02 num planche : PL_15 objet : lampe forme : anse horizontale type :lampe tournée fermée ht. = 3,8 epoque : classique carre : K V/α9 negatif : 03379_01 negatif : 03380_01 ø base = 2,9 ø trou d’alimentation = 2. corps de lampe globuleux, renflé dans sa partie supérieure qui se termine sur trois cercles concentriques incisés le bec, ajouté, plat en sa partie supérieure, est rattaché au corps de la lampe tout le long de la panse. L = 6,9 traces de feu au bec. Lampe tournée à anse horizontale (attaches situées très peu en arrière du diamètre médian) dessin : D_1555 dessin : D_2519 dessin : D_0808 diapositives : C_0422 inv objet : L_0261 negatif : 01888_01 negatif : 02307_02 negatif : 01868_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0036_p_0034 un bourrelet central marquant une légère dépression, s’arrondit vers le trou d’alimentation central la partie inférieure, de forme plus conique, se termine par une base circulaire en légère saillie (0,2) Incomplète : anse brisée. Argile saumon, très fine, résistante, sans vernis, sauf à l'intérieur où apparaissent des traces de vernis rouge qui s’est écaillé

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