Object card·SAL_2164·1967

Hellenistic wheel-made closed lamp with black glaze, Salamis

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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