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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