Object card·SAL_1223·1966

Moulded lamp fragment with lotus-like motif, Sondage Z

Moulded lamp fragment with lotus-like motif, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1223. "Moulded lamp fragment with lotus-like motif, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp fragment, Hellenistic period, from Sondage Z, square K V/δ9; inventory L_0282. The object is incomplete, with only a fragment of the lid remaining; it is made of fine dark grey clay. The lamp is elongated, with a circular filling hole surrounded by a double rim, and a projection that announces the nozzle hole, L. 5.5 cm. The medallion is clearly decorated with long, pointed leaves, and on the attachment of the nozzle is a flower resembling the lotus. Negative 00197; 01833_01; 01833_02; 01869_01. Date: 6 October 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z num planche : PL_17 carre : K V/δ9 caracterique : n.d. objet : lampe type :lampe moulée epoque : hellénistique saillie qui annonce le trou du bec. L = 5,5. médaillon décoré très nettement de feuilles allongées et pointues. Sur l'attache du bec, une fleur qui ressemble à la fleur de lotus dessin : D_1554 dessin : D_2537 dessin : D_0683 diapositives : C_0435 forme : Fragmentsde lampe moulée inv objet : L_0282 negatif : 00197 negatif : 01833_01 negatif : 01833_02 negatif : 01869_01 negatif : 01833_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0109_p_0052 Incomplète : il ne reste qu’un fragment de couvercle. Argile fine, gris sombre. Lampe moulée, allongée, trou d’alimentation circulaire, cerné d’un double bourrelet

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