Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1245. "Hellenistic red-slipped closed wheel-made lamp, Rampart sector". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp without handle, with biconvex profile and red slip with a knob, from square K V/γδ10 (Γ23), Rampart sector, Salamis, Cyprus. Base diameter 4.8 cm, preserved length 5.9 cm; diameter 5.6 cm, height 3.8 cm. Red slip inside and outside; incomplete, the nozzle end and the whole front part are missing. Salmon-pink clay with traces of fire; around the filling hole, a slightly inclined ring bounded by a very marked incised circle. Slide C_1255; inventory L_0286; 1966-10.
French, as on the record
ø base = 4,8
carre : K V/γδ10
carre : Γ23
base large, peu concave. L conservée = 5,9
vernis rouge intérieur et extérieur
diapositives : C_1255
Incomplète : il manque l'extrémité du bec et toute la partie antérieure. Argile rose saumon
inv objet : L_0286
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0058_p_0040
traces de feu. Lampe tournée : autour du trou d’alimentation présence d’un anneau légèrement incliné, délimité par un cercle en creux très marqué
chantier : Rempart
objet : lampe
ø = 5,6
epoque : hellénistique
type :lampe tournée fermée
forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe
ht. = 3,8.
caracterique : à vernis rouge avec tenon
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