Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, Hellenistic
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2434. "Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, Hellenistic". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle and two spouts, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ3, Salamis, Cyprus. Chamois clay with black glaze showing bluish reflections; incomplete, the handle is broken (its attachments are visible) and one of the two spouts, at the ends of the spouts, is repaired by gluing. Overall length 11.4 cm; diameter 7.5 cm; height 4.8 cm; base diameter 4.75 cm; base cylindrical with slight relief (0.6); conical boss at the bottom of the reservoir; axes of the spouts form an angle of 70°; filling hole diameter 2.6 cm, central, edged by a concave ring bounded by an unglazed circle. Period: Hellenistic. Inventory L_0400; 10 April 1967.
French, as on the record
pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0039_p_0035
type :lampe tournée fermée
protubérance conique au fond du réservoir. L = 11,4
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
carre : K VI/γ3
num planche : PL_02
caracterique : n.d.
num planche : PL_15
objet : lampe
ø = 7,5
base cylindrique en léger relief (0,6)
ht. = 4,8
les axes de ces becs forment un angle de 70°
ø base = 4,75
ø trou d’alimentation = 2,6.
extrémités des deux becs, l'un d’eux est recollé. Argile chamois, vernis noir à reflets bleutés. Lampe tournée à anse horizontale et deux becs
Incomplète : anse brisée (les attaches sont visibles)
dessin : D_2520
dessin : D_0699
diapositives : C_2316
epoque : hellénistique
forme : anse horizontale
inv objet : L_0400
trou d’alimentation central bordé d’un anneau concave que limite un cercle non verni
negatif : 02046_01
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