Object card·SAL_1948·1967

Open oil lamp with pinched spout, area south of the rampart

Open oil lamp with pinched spout, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1948. "Open oil lamp with pinched spout, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Archaic saucer-shaped open lamp, wheel-made, with the spout shaped by hand between thumb and forefinger; traces of fire on the spout, horizontal rim, elongated strongly pinched spout, local yellowish-green slip, slightly convex base. Salmon-coloured impure clay; incomplete, the rim broken at the back. L. 12.1 cm, H. 3.4 cm, l. 10.7 cm. Square K VI/γ2, Zone au sud du Rampart, Salamis; inventory L_0358; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

traces de feu au bec. Lampe en coupelle epoque : archaïque forme : en coupelle type :Lampe tournée ouverte caracterique : Faite au tour, bec modelé par la suite entre le pouce et l'index rebord horizontal bec allongé, fortement pincé engobe jaune verdâtre locale fond légèrement convexe. L = 12,1 ht. = 3,4. l = 10,7 diapositives : C_1854 inv objet : L_0358 negatif : 01998_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0015_p_0029 Incomplète : rebord brisé à l'arrière. Argile saumon, impure chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ2 objet : lampe

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