Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with thumb-rest, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1296. "Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with thumb-rest, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Closed wheel-made lamp of Hellenistic period, without slip, with thumb-rest, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus. Without handle, biconvex profile; pale salmon-pink clay with a glossy slip. Height 3.8 cm; base diameter 3.8 cm; slightly projecting foot, preserved length 5.5 cm; diameter 5.4 cm. Incomplete, the nozzle is broken; the thumb-rest is pierced with a hole for suspension. Inventory L_0293; 16 March 1967.
French, as on the record
ht. = 3,8.
ø base = 3,8
pied en légère saillie. L conservée = 5,5
Incomplète : bec brisé. Argile rose saumon
engobe brillant. Lampe tournée, haute et arrondie, limitée à la partie supérieure par un cercle incisé, déterminant un bourrelet plat autour du trou d’alimentation
diapositives : C_1306
inv objet : L_0293
negatif : 02039_01
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0049_p_0038
tenon pour le pouce, percé d’un trou pour la suspension
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/δ4
objet : lampe
ø = 5,4
epoque : hellénistique
type :lampe tournée fermée
caracterique : sans vernis avec tenon
forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe
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