Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2373. "Wheel-made open lamp, Archaic, square K VI/γ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Wheel-made open lamp of the Archaic period, shallow saucer form with a marked base, from the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3; inventory L_0390; 10 April 1967. The nozzle is strongly pinched, with traces of fire on it, and was shaped by hand between thumb and forefinger after throwing; the circular base forms a simple flat ledge. H. 3.8 cm, H. at nozzle 3.3 cm, l. 10.8 cm, L. 11.6 cm, ø base 4.4 cm; the rim curves round to the horizontal, and the lamp is incomplete, broken at the back. Buff yellow clay with a yellowish-green surface.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_01
carre : K VI/γ3
num planche : PL_14
objet : lampe
traces de feu au bec. Lampe en coupelle
epoque : archaïque
forme : en coupelle à base marquée
type :Lampe tournée ouverte
bec très pincé
fond circulaire formant un simple replat
ht. = 3,8
ht. au bec = 3,3
l = 10,8
rebord arrondi jusqu’à l'horizontal. L = 11,6
ø fond = 4,4.
dessin : D_2514
dessin : D_0698
diapositives : C_2256
inv objet : L_0390
negatif : 02158_06
negatif : 02053_02
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0025_p_0031
caracterique : Faite au tour, bec modelé par la suite entre le pouce et l'index
Incomplète : brisée à la partie postérieure. Argile jaune chamois, surface jaune verdâtre
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