Object card·SAL_2616·1967

Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 13, Rampart

Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 13, Rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2616. "Roman moulded oil lamp, Type 13, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Roman moulded lamp, type 13: a circular lamp without handle and with a slightly projecting nozzle, unvarnished, with a buff slip and a crown decorated with triple ovolo motifs. Complete apart from a chip on the rim; buff clay; flat base, L. 7.2 cm, H. 2.2 cm, ø 6.4 cm, ø base 3.7 cm; relief very worn; filling hole at the centre of the medallion, surrounded by a raised circle. Found in Rampart, square K V/γ10, Salamis, Cyprus. Compare Sal. 521. Inventory L_0477; 20 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart carre : K V/γ10 num planche : PL_06 epoque : romaine objet : lampe type :lampe moulée forme : Type 13 : lampe circulaire, sans anse, bec en légère saillie couronne décorée d’oves triples engobe chamois fond plat. L = 7,2 ht. = 2,2. ø = 6,4 ø fond = 3,7 relief très atténué. Lampe moulée type 13 (cf. Sal. 521) caracterique : sans vernis diapositives : C_2491 inv objet : L_0477 negatif : 02198_01 negatif : 06856_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139893_I_CAT_01_0194_p_0070 Complète (sauf un éclat sur le bord). Argile chamois trou d’alimentation au centre du médaillon, entouré d’un cercle en relief

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