Object card·SAL_5156·1969

Limestone incense burner with crenellated altar, square K VI/δ4

Limestone incense burner with crenellated altar, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5156. "Limestone incense burner with crenellated altar, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Limestone incense burner in the form of a crenellated altar, incomplete, with the upper part damaged and traces of fire on the upper part; H. 10.1 cm, upper part 8.7 x 7.4 cm, base diameter 9.4 cm. It has a wide, slightly truncated conical base decorated at the bottom with a plain band, supporting a circular plate with a series of ovolo motifs and a moulding; the plate carries a circular hearth set well back, with a regular crenellated rim and a central knob surrounded by a hollow moulding inside the hearth. Found in a Hellenistic pit, square K VI/δ4, south of the rampart area, Salamis. Inventory Po_0417; 8 September 1969.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_36 — Calcaire carre : K VI/δ4 num planche : PL_66 type :BRÛLE-PARFUM incomplet, la partie supérieure est endommagée dessin : D_3271 diapositives : C_5193 forme : Autels à créneaux inv objet : Po_0417 negatif : 01209_01 negatif : 01208_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0373_p_0124 traces de feu à la partie supérieure. H. : 10,1 partie supérieure : 8,7 x 7,4. — Ce petit autel est formé d'une large base légèrement tronconique ornée à la partie inférieure d'un bandeau uni. Sur cette base repose un plateau circulaire décoré d'une série d'oves et d'une moulure ø base : 9,4 ce plateau supporte le foyer circulaire établi en net retrait son bord est découpé en créneaux réguliers. L'intérieur du foyer présente un bouton central cerné d'une moulure creuse. — Trouvé dans une fosse hellénistique. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart

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