Object card·SAL_2482·1967

Roman moulded oil lamp, Sondage D, square K V/βγ10

Roman moulded oil lamp, Sondage D, square K V/βγ10
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2482. "Roman moulded oil lamp, Sondage D, square K V/βγ10". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Moulded oil lamp, Type 14, unvarnished pinkish-chamois clay, red in places, with traces of fire on the nozzle; incomplete, the tip of the nozzle is missing. The rim is decorated with an olive branch and the medallion is probably undecorated; flat, slightly concave base. Height 2.3 cm, base diameter 3.5 cm, diameter 6.2 cm, length 8 cm. Sondage D, square K V/βγ10, Salamis, Cyprus; Roman period; inventory L_0424; 13 April 1967.

French, as on the record

Incomplète : il manque l'extrémité du bec. Argile chamois rosé, rouge par endroits chantier : Sondage D carre : K V/βγ10 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée traces de feu au bec. Lampe moulée, type 14 forme : Type 14 ht. = 2,3. caracterique : Lampe non vernie, couronne décorée d'un rameau d'olivier ø fond = 3,5 ø = 6,2 fond plat légèrement concave. L = 8 couronne décorée d’un rameau d’olivier médaillon probablement sans décor diapositives : C_2363 inv objet : L_0424 negatif : 02235_03 negatif : 02043_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0367_p_0095

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