Object card·SAL_2611·1967

Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D

Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2611. "Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 12, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete moulded lamp of chamois clay with irregular dark brown glaze, Type 12, with two adjacent nozzles and a wide handle divided at its centre by a depression, bordered towards the medallion by a bead; a hole for suspension is pierced very low through the handle. Miniature lamp: H. 1.7 cm, diameter 2.8 cm, base diameter 2 cm, L. 5.9 cm. Roman period. Square K V/β10, Sondage D, Salamis; drawings D_2544 and D_0701, slide C_0421, negatives 02215_01, 02215_02, 02247_01, 02247_02 and 02311_02; inventory L_0473; 18 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 Complète. Argile chamois ht. = 1,7. Il s’agit d’une lampe miniature. ø = 2,8 ø fond = 2 dessin : D_2544 dessin : D_0701 diapositives : C_0421 inv objet : L_0473 negatif : 02215_01 negatif : 02215_02 negatif : 02247_02 negatif : 02311_02 negatif : 02247_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0176_p_0066 vernis brun foncé, irrégulier. Lampe moulée, type 12, à deux becs accostés anse large, partagée en son centre par une dépression limitée vers le médaillon par une perle. Prolongeant la lampe sur toute sa hauteur, elle est percée d’un trou pour la suspension, très bas. L = 5,9

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