Object card·SAL_2446·1967

Terracotta incense burner stand, Spoil heap, SAL_2446

Terracotta incense burner stand, Spoil heap, SAL_2446
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2446. "Terracotta incense burner stand, Spoil heap, SAL_2446". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hollow terracotta object of red clay, with traces of the wheel and a fully burnt surface, possibly a candlestick foot. Incomplete; the upper part of the shaft is broken. H. 7.8 cm; ø 5.4 cm. The hollow shaft is slightly conical, with a biconical swelling at the lower part and a circular base with a convex top; the shaft carries flat circular mouldings and the biconical part is decorated with small cut-out triangles, points upward. Salamis, Spoil heap; inventory Po_0087; 12 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Déblai num planche : PL_38 num planche : PL_68 type :BRÛLE-PARFUM — Terre cuite, argile rouge traces de tour forme : Pieds de chandeliers? la face convexe porte des moulures concentriques. surface entièrement brûlée incomplet, la partie supérieure du fût est brisée. H. : 7,8 dessin : D_3380 diapositives : C_2328 inv objet : Po_0087 negatif : 02047_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0396_p_0129 ø :5,4. — Fût creux très légèrement conique, orné à sa partie inférieure d’un renflement biconique, puis élargi en une base circulaire à sommet convexe. Le fût est décoré de moulures circulaires plates et la partie biconique, de petits triangles découpés, pointes en haut

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