Object card·SAL_2100·1967

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with thumb-rest, Salamis

Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with thumb-rest, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2100. "Hellenistic closed wheel-made lamp with thumb-rest, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Closed wheel-made lamp of Hellenistic date, without varnish, with a thumb-rest pierced by a vertical hole, a biconvex profile and no handle; inventory L_0374, H. 6.1 cm, L. 11 cm, diameter 8.7 cm, base diameter 5.2 cm. Yellow-buff clay; incomplete, the lower part of the nozzle is broken. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis; inventory L_0374; 6 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_15 carre : K VI/δ4 objet : lampe epoque : hellénistique type :lampe tournée fermée caracterique : sans vernis avec tenon forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe base en ressaut. L = 11 bec allongé, horizontal à la partie supérieure ht. = 6,1. médaillon limité par deux cercles concentriques trou d’alimentation bordé par un quart de rond ø = 8,7 ø de la base = 5,2 Incomplète : partie inférieure du bec brisée. Argile jaune chamois. Lampe tournée, arrondie tenon en saillie pour le pouce, percé d’un trou vertical dessin : D_0695 diapositives : C_0420 diapositives : C_0419 inv objet : L_0374 negatif : 02306_01 negatif : 02311_01 negatif : 02133_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0044_p_0037

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