Object card·SAL_1914·1967

Archaic open cup lamp with marked base, Sector south of rampart

Archaic open cup lamp with marked base, Sector south of rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1914. "Archaic open cup lamp with marked base, Sector south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete Archaic open wheel-made cup lamp with a marked base, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3; the spout was shaped afterwards between thumb and index finger. It has a very narrow, flattened spout and a barely marked circular base, with ø base 3.5, L. 9.5, H. 3, l. 8 (cm); it is chipped at the back of the rim and has a hole at the spout, and is made of local yellowish-green clay. Inventory L_0355; negative 01967_04; slide C_1823; 3 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ3 objet : lampe epoque : archaïque forme : en coupelle à base marquée Complète type :Lampe tournée ouverte caracterique : Faite au tour, bec modelé par la suite entre le pouce et l'index ø fond = 3,5. bec très étroit et aplati fond circulaire à peine marqué. L = 9,5 ht. = 3 l = 8 diapositives : C_1823 inv objet : L_0355 seulement écornée à l'arrière sur le rebord et trou au bec. Argile jaune verdâtre locale. Lampe en coupelle negatif : 01967_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0027_p_0031

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