Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1712. "Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Wheel-made closed lamp of the Hellenistic period, without slip and with a knob handle, from Salamis, Cyprus; the piriform profile has no handle, the flat reservoir base is 4.4 cm in diameter, the foot is a step-ring, and the object is ø 7 cm, L. 6.9 cm, H. 4.5 cm. Incomplete, with only the rear part preserved; pinkish-yellow clay. The filling hole is edged by a quarter-round moulding bounded by an incised circle. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3. Inventory L_0337; 27 March 1967.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/δ3
objet : lampe
ø = 7
epoque : hellénistique
type :lampe tournée fermée
caracterique : sans vernis avec tenon
forme : sans anse, profil piriforme
ø base = 4,4
fond du réservoir plat. L = 6,9
ht. = 4,5.
pied en ressaut
Incomplète : il reste la partie postérieure. Argile jaune rosé. Lampe tournée : trou d’alimentation bordé d’un quart de rond que limite un cercle en creux
diapositives : C_1636
inv objet : L_0337
negatif : 01991_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0082_p_0044
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