Object card·SAL_2481·1967

Roman moulded lamp with grotesque medallion, Sondage D

Roman moulded lamp with grotesque medallion, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2481. "Roman moulded lamp with grotesque medallion, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded lamp, type 13: circular, without handle, with a slightly projecting nozzle, from square K V/βγ10 in Sondage D, Salamis. Medallion decorated with a grotesque facing left, feed hole set well forward of the figure, narrow sloping rim, flat base (L. 7.5 cm; base ø 5.3 cm). Incomplete, half of the lamp with the start of the nozzle preserved; greenish, very fine and friable clay; traces of fire. H. 2.3 cm; ø 7.4 cm. Cf. Sal. 1003. Inventory L_0423; 13 April 1967.

French, as on the record

large médaillon orné d’un grotesque se dirigeant vers la gauche le trou d’alimentation est très déporté vers l'avant du personnage couronne étroite et en pente fond plat. L = 7,5 ø fond = 5,3 Incomplète : il reste la moitié de la lampe avec l'amorce du bec. Argile verdâtre, très fine et friable diapositives : C_2362 inv objet : L_0423 negatif : 02235_04 negatif : 02043_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0197_p_0070 traces de feu. Lampe moulée, type 13 (cf. Sal. 1003) chantier : Sondage D num planche : PL_06 carre : K V/βγ10 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 13 : lampe circulaire, sans anse, bec en légère saillie caracterique : Lampe à médaillon décoré, sans oreille ht. = 2,3. ø = 7,4

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