Object card·SAL_2455·1967

Moulded oil lamp with high circular handle, Roman period

Moulded oil lamp with high circular handle, Roman period
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2455. "Moulded oil lamp with high circular handle, Roman period". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp (lampe moulée) with a high circular handle carrying two longitudinal grooves; the handle is 3.5 cm high and the restored diameter is 7.5 cm. Roman period. Brownish glaze, heavily damaged; incomplete, with only the handle and part of the rim surviving; chamois clay. Inventory L_0407; slide C_2336; Salamis, Cyprus; 12 April 1967.

French, as on the record

objet : lampe type :lampe moulée ht. anse = 3,5. vernis brunâtre très endommagé. Lampe moulée à anse circulaire haute : deux rainures longitudinales sur l'anse. ø restitué = 7,5 diapositives : C_2336 inv objet : L_0407 Incomplète : reste l'anse et une partie de la couronne. Argile chamois pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0434_p_0106 chantier : Déblai epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. forme : Hors série

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