Object card·SAL_1848·1967

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Salamis, square K VI/δ3

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Salamis, square K VI/δ3
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1848. "Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp, Salamis, square K VI/δ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Closed wheel-made lamp without handle, biconvex profile, with cream slip and no varnish or nozzle knob, in red clay. Height 4 cm; foot diameter 6.2 cm, base diameter 3.6 cm; the nozzle is detached, so the piece is incomplete. Found in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/δ3, Hellenistic period; inventory L_0349; slide C_1761; negatives 01983_05 and 01983_04; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/δ3 objet : lampe epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe caracterique : sans vernis et sans tenon engobe crème. Lampe tournée ht. = 4. pied en ressaut assez net. ø = 6,2 ø base = 3,6 Incomplète : bec décollé. Argile rouge diapositives : C_1761 inv objet : L_0349 negatif : 01983_05 negatif : 01983_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0043_p_0036-0037 le trou d’alimentation est bordé par un bourrelet légèrement convexe corps de lampe arrondi, limité à la partie supérieure par un cercle en creux

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