Object card·SAL_2380·1967

Moulded Roman oil lamp, area south of the rampart

Moulded Roman oil lamp, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2380. "Moulded Roman oil lamp, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_2380, Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3: fragmentary moulded Roman lamp in brick-red clay, with only the nozzle and front part surviving, showing fire traces on the nozzle; the medallion is slightly concave, surrounded by an incised circle, with a feeding hole edged by a concave ring, and a large lug made of two joined rings set further back than usual, perhaps the start of a horizontal handle. No slip, surface chamois, H. 3.2 cm, ø 8.1 cm, L. 9.2 cm, with traces of scraping. Inventory L_0391; slide C_2263; negatives 02061_04 and 02061_03; 10 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ3 num planche : PL_09 epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. forme : Hors série objet : lampe type :lampe moulée traces de feu au bec Incomplète : restent le bec et la partie antérieure. Argile brique médaillon légèrement concave, entouré d’un cercle en creux ht. = 3,2. pas de vernis surface chamois ø = 8,1 large tenon constitué de deux anneaux accolés et situé plus en arrière que ne l'est d’ordinaire un tenon peut-être s’agit-il du départ d’une anse horizontale. L = 9,2 diapositives : C_2263 inv objet : L_0391 negatif : 02061_04 negatif : 02061_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0431_p_0105 traces de racloir. Lampe moulée, bec en saillie nette, sans décor son symétrique, s’il a existé, serait sur la partie brisée de la lampe trou d’alimentation bordé d’un anneau concave

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