Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4760. "Closed pear-shaped lamp with ring foot, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Closed wheel-made lamp with pear-shaped profile, flattened spout, ring foot and a quarter-round moulding around the filling hole, which takes up half the lamp. Poucier, of salmon-coloured clay, pure and well fired, with traces of burning on the spout. L. 8.7, diam. 7.2, H. 4.4 cm; area south of the rampart, Salamis, square K VI/γ4 (east); inventory L_0689; slide C_4767; negative 01063_06; 26 August 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
objet : Lampe
carre : K VI/γ4 (est)
diapositives : C_4767
inv objet : L_0689
negatif : 01063_06
Lampe tournée fermée, profil piriforme, bec aplati, pied annulaire, quart de rond autour du trou d'alimentation qui fait la moitié de la lampe. Poucier en argile saumon, pure, bien cuite. Traces de feu au bec. L. 8,7, diam. 7,2, H. 4,4
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