Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp with black glaze, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2164. "Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp with black glaze, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Wheel-made closed lamp of salmon-coloured clay, without handle, with a biconvex profile, black glaze with a knob, red glaze on the inside, and a medallion bounded by a shallow incised circle; ø 4.5 cm, ø base 2.3 cm, ht. 2.7 cm, L. 6 cm. The lamp is incomplete, with the foot and back part of the body broken, traces of fire at the nozzle, and the outer black glaze partly worn; it is from the Hellenistic period, found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3. Inventory L_0376; 7 April 1967.
French, as on the record
à l'intérieur vernis rouge
ø = 4,5
ø base = 2,3
diapositives : C_2056
inv objet : L_0376
trou d’alimentation bordé par un quart de rond. L = 6
negatif : 02065_03
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0070_p_0042
Incomplète : pied et partie arrière du corps brisés. Argile saumon
médaillon limité par un cercle en creux peu profond
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/γ3
objet : lampe
ht. = 2,7.
epoque : hellénistique
type :lampe tournée fermée
forme : sans anse, profil biconvexe
traces de feu au bec. Lampe tournée
caracterique : à vernis noir avec tenon
corps arrondi
vernis noir en partie usé à l'extérieur
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