Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2267. "Archaic open saucer lamp, south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Open saucer lamp, wheel-made, of coarse yellowish-green clay, Archaic period, with the spout shaped afterwards between thumb and forefinger. Incomplete, with part of the spout and base preserved, traces of fire on the base of the lamp, and the lower part roughly worked; H. 3.8 cm, W. 4.6 cm, L. 9.5 cm. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis; inventory L_0381; 7 April 1967.
French, as on the record
Incomplète : il reste une partie du bec et du fond. Argile jaune verdâtre grossière
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/γ3
objet : lampe
epoque : archaïque
forme : en coupelle
type :Lampe tournée ouverte
caracterique : Faite au tour, bec modelé par la suite entre le pouce et l'index
negatif : 02143_06
ht. = 3,8.
l = 4,6
dessin : D_2276
diapositives : C_2157
inv objet : L_0381
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0017_p_0030
traces de feu au fond de la lampe. Lampe en coupelle, la partie inférieure est travaillée grossièrement. L = 9,5
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