Object card·SAL_1255·1967

Hellenistic black-glazed lamp, area south of the rampart

Hellenistic black-glazed lamp, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1255. "Hellenistic black-glazed lamp, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Wheel-made closed lamp of grey clay with black glaze, without handle, piriform profile, with a thumb-rest tenon; the glaze is solid except on the base, which was not glazed. The nozzle is broken at its end and drawn forward, flattened at the level of the upper incised circle; the body is high, with a very clear stepped base (0.8 cm), H. 4 cm, ø 7 cm, L. 9 cm, base ø 4.8 cm. Inventory L_0289; square K VI/γ3; slides C_1265; negatives 02013_04 and 02013_03; 15 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ3 objet : lampe epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée forme : sans anse, profil piriforme caracterique : à vernis noir sans tenon tenon pour le pouce ht. = 4. ø =7 Incomplète : bec brisé en son extrémité. Argile grise revêtue d’un vernis noir solide, sauf sur la base qui n’a pas été vernie. Lampe tournée : corps haut et limité à la partie supérieure par un cercle incisé qui domine le rebord du médaillon central, formant entonnoir vers le trou d’alimentation base en ressaut très net (0,8). L = 9 ø base = 4,8 diapositives : C_1265 inv objet : L_0289 negatif : 02013_04 negatif : 02013_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0088_p_0046 bec étiré vers l'avant, aplati au niveau du cercle supérieur

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