Object card·SAL_2015·1965

Hellenistic black-glazed lamp with thumb-rest, Campanopetra

Hellenistic black-glazed lamp with thumb-rest, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2015. "Hellenistic black-glazed lamp with thumb-rest, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp without handle, biconvex profile, with black glaze partly flaking and a thumb-rest; the body is rounded with a stepped base. Diameter 5.8 cm, height 3.7 cm, length 7.9 cm, base diameter 3.9 cm; medallion bounded by an incised circle bordered by a flattened quarter-round at its upper part; incomplete, the nozzle end broken; buff-yellow clay. Square K V/δ10, Campanopetra, Salamis; inventory L_0367; 24 September 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra carre : K V/δ10 objet : lampe ø = 5,8 epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe caracterique : à vernis noir avec tenon corps arrondi ht. = 3,7. vernis noir en partie écaillé. Lampe tournée base en ressaut. L = 7,9 tenon pour le pouce ø base = 3,9 diapositives : C_1918 inv objet : L_0367 negatif : 02117_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0061_p_0040 médaillon limité par un cercle en creux qui borde un quart de rond aplati en sa partie supérieure Incomplète : extrémité du bec brisée. Argile jaune chamois

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