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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