Object card·SAL_4552·1968

Limestone incense burner on a foot, Rampart

Limestone incense burner on a foot, Rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4552. "Limestone incense burner on a foot, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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Limestone incense burner in the form of a footed cup, with a bulbous shaft on a circular foot whose convex upper face is moulded as a reversed cavetto ending in a straight band decorated with a groove; the flat base bears incised cross-hatching. Incomplete, the cup is missing; traces of the wheel are visible. H. 5.2 cm; ø 7.2 cm. Square K V/θ8 (2), Rampart sector, Salamis; found with lamps of type XI (1st-2nd century AD): Sal. 4550 and lamp fragments of type XIV (1st-3rd century AD): Sal. 4549, 4551, 4553. Inventory Po_0326; 4 October 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart num planche : PL_37 — Calcaire type :BRÛLE-PARFUM traces de tour num planche : PL_67 forme : Brûle-parfum de pierre en forme de coupes à pied carre : K V/θ8 (2) incomplet, la coupe manque. H. : 5,2 ø :7,2. — Le fût renflé en bulbe est monté sur un pied circulaire dont la face supérieure, convexe, est taillée en doucine renversée et terminée par un bandeau droit décoré d’une gorge dessin : D_0004 diapositives : C_4547 inv objet : Po_0326 negatif : 00802_01 negatif : 00802_02 negatif : 00857_04 negatif : 00857_05 negatif : 00857_06 negatif : 04551_04 negatif : 00799_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0385_p_0127 la base plate, est ornée d’incisions formant un quadrillage. — Trouvé avec des lampes du type XI (Ier-IIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 4550 et des fragments de lampes du type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 4549, 4551, 4553.

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