Object card·SAL_2532·1967

Roman mould-made oil lamp, Sondage D, Type 12

Roman mould-made oil lamp, Sondage D, Type 12
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2532. "Roman mould-made oil lamp, Sondage D, Type 12". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Mould-made lamp with two opposed nozzles and a central handle, in chamois clay with worn orange slip, incomplete (the central stem is missing); the base of the handle sits in a relief rosette at the centre of the medallion. Height 2.9 cm, diameter 7.2 cm, base diameter 4.3 cm, length 12.4 cm; the decoration is very elaborate, with a crown decorated with a row of double ovolos, and the nozzles in the shape of a sea anchor with decoration of contrary half-volutes link it to Type 12, though the mark of the nozzle attachment left in relief is an unusual technique; traces of fire on the nozzle, two filling holes aligned with the nozzles, and a slightly projecting base; perhaps imitating bronze lamps. Square K V/β10, Sondage D, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory L_0449; April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage D num planche : PL_18 carre : K V/β10 epoque : romaine caracterique : n.d. num planche : PL_05 objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 12 au centre du médaillon, base de la poignée dans une rosette en relief deux trous d’alimentation, dans l'axe des becs ht. = 2,9. vernis orange très abîmé ø = 7,2 ø fond = 4,3 le décor est très fouillé : couronne ornée d’une rangée d’oves doubles Incomplète : il manque la tige centrale. Argile chamois dessin : D_2547 dessin : D_3534a dessin : D_3534b dessin : D_3534c dessin : D_3534d dessin : D_0700 diapositives : C_0406 inv objet : L_0449 negatif : 02310_03 negatif : 02246_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0185_p_0068 la forme des becs, en ancre marine, et leur décoration en demi-volutes contrariées rattachent cette lampe au type 12, mais elle révèle une technique assez originale : la marque de l'attache des becs au corps a été volontairement laissée en relief traces de feu au bec. Lampe moulée, à deux becs opposés et poignée centrale fond légèrement saillant. Lampe peut-être imitée des lampes de bronze. L = 12,4

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