Object card·SAL_1317·1967

Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D

Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1317. "Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 12, of Roman period, with a high handle pierced by a hole at its lower part, the upper part formed as a spearhead bearing a very worn relief palm-leaf motif. Incomplete: handle and start of the body preserved. Hard red clay. L. 9.4 cm; H. 1.7 cm; l. 4.9 cm. Square K V/β10 of Sondage D, Salamis. Inventory L_0299; 18 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage D carre : K V/β10 epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 12 anse haute percée d’un trou à la partie inférieure tandis que la partie supérieure est formée d’un fer de lance sur lequel est marqué en relief un motif en feuille de palmier très usé. L = 9,4 ht. = 1,7. l = 4,9 diapositives : C_1327 inv objet : L_0299 negatif : 02038_06 negatif : 02037_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0177_p_0066 Incomplète : anse et départ du corps. Argile rouge, très dure. Lampe moulée, type 12

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