Object card·SAL_1563·1967

Hellenistic red-slipped wheel-made lamp, Campanopetra

Hellenistic red-slipped wheel-made lamp, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1563. "Hellenistic red-slipped wheel-made lamp, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete closed wheel-made lamp, without handle, with biconvex profile and red slip, from Campanopetra, Salamis, square K V/α10; Hellenistic period. H. 3.8 cm, ø 5.9 cm, L. 8.2 cm. Traces of fire on the nozzle; the tip of the nozzle is chipped. A incised circle borders the medallion, which descends by an inclined ring towards the filling hole; the lamp body is high; the solid handle-tenon is pierced with a hole for suspension; the flat wide base bears an incised E. Salmon-pink clay. Inventory L_0311; slide C_1490; negative 02026_01; 20 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra objet : lampe Complète epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe ht. = 3,8. traces de feu au bec. Lampe tournée caracterique : à vernis rouge avec tenon carre : K V/α10 ø = 5,9 un cercle incisé borde le médaillon qui s’abaisse par un anneau incliné vers le trou d’alimentation corps de lampe haut tenon percé d’un trou pour la suspension vernis rouge base large et plate, portant un E incisé. L = 8,2 diapositives : C_1490 inv objet : L_0311 negatif : 02026_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0054_p_0039 l'extrémité du bec est écaillé. Argile rose saumon

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