Object card·SAL_1593·1967

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, area south of the rampart

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1593. "Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Wheel-made closed lamp of Hellenistic date from Salamis, found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3. Piriform profile without handle, with a thumb-rest pierced by a hole, a recessed base with a very clear concavity, black varnish flaking to brown, and red varnish on the inside; the body is broken at the back and the fill hole is bordered by a flattened rim limited by an incised circle. Ø 6.5 cm, L. 8.6 cm, H. 4.2 cm; inventory L_0315; 21 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/δ3 objet : lampe ø = 6,5 epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée forme : sans anse, profil piriforme caracterique : à vernis noir sans tenon tenon pour le pouce percé d’un trou base en ressaut creusé d’une concavité très nette. L = 8,6 ht. = 4,2. vernis rouge à l'intérieur. Lampe tournée trou d’alimentation bordé d’un bourrelet aplati à la partie supérieure, que limite un cercle incisé diapositives : C_1519 inv objet : L_0315 negatif : 02035_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0090_p_0046 Incomplète : brisée à l'arrière. Argile chamois recouverte d’un vernis noir écaillé qui a tourné au brun

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