Object card·SAL_1483·1965

Incense burner (?) fragment, Tomb 1, Salamis

Incense burner (?) fragment, Tomb 1, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1483. "Incense burner (?) fragment, Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Ceramic incense burner (?) fragment, White Painted I, Tomb 1 at Salamis, inventory V_0436, negative 00117_03, slide C_1439. Red-brick fabric with grey core; the animal head and lower part are missing, and only the start of the lower part is visible. Below the animal head the plate is divided into vertical bands decorated with lozenges and double zigzags. Dimensions: H. 26.5 cm, W. 6.5 to 8 cm, Th. 1.3 cm. Same manufacture as Sal. 1482. Incomplete; black-brown paint. Same form, but the plate is curved. Drawing D_1953, plate PL_40. Date: April 1965.

French, as on the record

diapositives : C_1439 inv objet : V_0436 il manque la tête d’animal et la partie inférieure dont on ne voit que le départ. --Sous la tête d’animal la plaque est séparée en bandes verticales ornées de losanges et de doubles zigzags. — White Painted I. negatif : 00117_03 pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0234_p_0080 type :Brûle-parfum (?) num planche : PL_40 chantier : Tombe 1 objet : Céramique : VARIA pâte rouge brique à cœur gris dim. : h. : 26,5 l. : 6,5 à 8 ép. : 1,3. — Même fabrication que Sal. 1482 Brûle-parfum (?) — Incomplet peinture brun noir. — Même forme, mais la plaque est incurvée dessin : D_1953

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