Object card·SAL_2467·1967

Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D

Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2467. "Moulded Roman oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, Type 12, with two opposing nozzles, from Sondage D, square K V/βγ10, Salamis, Cyprus; Roman period. Height 2.4 cm, foot diameter 3.9 cm, diameter 6.9 cm, length 12.1 cm. Irregular brown slip and worn decoration; the rim appears decorated with beads (perhaps); incomplete, part of the medallion is missing, with two filling holes aligned with the nozzles. Greyish buff clay. Inventory L_0409; 13 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage D carre : K V/βγ10 epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. num planche : PL_17 num planche : PL_04 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 12 ht. = 2,4. negatif : 02235_04 ø fond = 3,9 ø = 6,9 couronne décorée de perles (?) vernis brun irrégulier et décor usé. Lampe moulée, type 12, à deux becs opposés Incomplète : il manque une partie du médaillon. Argile chamois grisâtre dessin : D_2543 dessin : D_0812 diapositives : C_2348 inv objet : L_0409 médaillon en partie occupé par deux trous d’alimentation situés dans l'axe des deux becs. L = 12,1 negatif : 02059_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0175_p_0066

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