Object card·SAL_1668·1967

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, Zone south of Rampart

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, Zone south of Rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1668. "Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, Zone south of Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Wheel-made closed lamp of Hellenistic date, with a nozzle and a lug handle, in pink clay with brown varnish on the interior; incomplete, with the side and nozzle preserved, and traces of burning on the nozzle. H. 4.1 cm, L. 7.6 cm, ø 5.8 cm, ø base 3.4 cm. Found in square K VI/γ2 of the area south of the rampart, Salamis, inventory L_0332; negative 01977_05; slide C_1593; 24 March 1967.

French, as on the record

corps de lampe régulièrement arrondi ht. = 4,1. pied en ressaut très net. L = 7,6 vernis brun à l'intérieur. Lampe tournée médaillon bordé de trois cercles creusés qui viennent jusqu’au bord du trou d’alimentation Incomplète : côté et bec conservés. Argile rose diapositives : C_1593 inv objet : L_0332 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0048_p_0037-0038 bec aplati à la partie supérieure, percé d’un trou ovale pour la mèche, renflé à la partie inférieure saillie pour le pouce percée d’un trou pour la suspension chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ2 objet : lampe traces de feu au bec ø = 5,8 epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée caracterique : sans vernis avec tenon forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe ø base = 3,4 negatif : 01977_05

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