Object card·SAL_1608·1967

Hellenistic red-slipped closed turned lamp, Campanopetra

Hellenistic red-slipped closed turned lamp, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1608. "Hellenistic red-slipped closed turned lamp, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Closed turned lamp of Hellenistic date with a red slip and a thumb-rest tenon pierced by a hole; it is biconical in profile, formed of two truncated cones joined at their widest diameter, with a base in a sharp step, very concave inside. The lamp is incomplete, the tip of the spout broken, the red slip has disappeared from the upper part, and the fabric is yellowish chamois clay. L. 7.4 cm, ø 6.4 cm, H. 3.1 cm, base ø 3.5 cm. Square K V/α10, Campanopetra, Salamis; drawings D_2530 and D_0689; slide C_1534; negative 02034_06; inventory L_0322; plate PL_16; inventory book page 9. Inventory L_0322; 23 March 1967.

French, as on the record

carre : K V/α10 ø base = 3,5 forme : sans anse, profil biconique l'apothème du cône inférieur est plus verticale que celle du cône supérieur tenon pour le pouce percé d’un trou au fond du réservoir protubérance conique légèrement marquée dessin : D_2530 dessin : D_0689 diapositives : C_1534 inv objet : L_0322 negatif : 02034_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0094_p_0047 vernis rouge qui a disparu à la partie supérieure. Lampe tournée : corps de lampe constitué de deux troncs de cône accolés par leur plus grand diamètre base en ressaut net, très concave à l'intérieur. L = 7,4 un cercle en relief limite le médaillon central qui descend en pente douce vers le trou d’alimentation Incomplète : extrémité du bec cassée. Argile jaune chamois chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_16 objet : lampe ø = 6,4 epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée ht. = 3,1. caracterique : à vernis rouge avec tenon

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