Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4925. "Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Wheel-made closed lamp of conical profile with a horizontal handle, a bead around the filling hole which takes up a third of the lamp, flat nozzle and concave, projecting base. Pinkish chamois clay, pure and well fired, with black glaze on the interior; traces of fire on the nozzle. The horizontal handle makes this lamp an exception. L. 7,9, diam. 6,3, H. 3,6 (cm). Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4 (east). Inventory L_0699; 1 September 1969.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
objet : Lampe
carre : K VI/γ4 (est)
Lampe tournée fermée, de profil cônique, anse horizontale, bourrelet autour du trou d'alimentation qui fait le tiers de la lampe. Bec plat, pied concave et en saillie. Argile chamois rosé, pure, bien cuite et vernis noir intérieur. Traces de feu au bec. Si l'anse est horizontale, cette lampe est une exception. L. 7,9, diam. 6,3, H. 3,6
diapositives : C_4961
inv objet : L_0699
negatif : 01201_01
negatif : 01201_02
negatif : 01201_03
negatif : 01133_01
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