Object card·SAL_2267·1967

Archaic open saucer lamp, south of the rampart

Archaic open saucer lamp, south of the rampart
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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