Object card·SAL_1540·1967

Roman moulded lamp with rosette medallion, Sondage D

Roman moulded lamp with rosette medallion, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1540. "Roman moulded lamp with rosette medallion, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, type 14 (cf. Sal. 2477), inventory L_0305, from square K V/β10 in Sondage D, Salamis, Cyprus. Roman period. Buff clay coated with a brown glaze with metallic reflections; the beak is edged by a heart-shaped bead, the base slightly concave, the ring without decoration and separated from the medallion by three closely set concentric circles in slight relief, and the medallion decorated with a rosette of eight double leaves; incomplete, with a chip in the medallion. H. 2.8 cm, L. 10.3 cm, ø 8.8 cm, ø base 4.8 cm. Inventory L_0305; 20 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage D carre : K V/β10 num planche : PL_07 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 14 caracterique : Lampe vernie, médaillon décoré ht. = 2,8. bec bordé d’un bourrelet en forme de cœur fond légèrement concave. L = 10,3 ø = 8,8 ø fond = 4,8 diapositives : C_1468 Incomplète : éclat dans le médaillon. Argile chamois recouverte d’un vernis brun à reflets métalliques. Lampe moulée, type 14 (cf. Sal. 2477) inv objet : L_0305 negatif : 00173 negatif : 02017_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0205_p_0072-0073 couronne sans décor séparée du médaillon par trois cercles concentriques accolés et en léger relief médaillon décoré d’une rosette à huit feuilles doubles

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