Object card·SAL_5203·1969

Closed wheel-made lamp with horizontal handle, Salamis

Closed wheel-made lamp with horizontal handle, Salamis
Object card: 1969. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_5203. "Closed wheel-made lamp with horizontal handle, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Wheel-made closed lamp with horizontal handle, balanced profile, flat nozzle and projecting concave foot. A rim surrounds the filling hole, which takes up a third of the lamp. Pure dark buff clay, well fired, with black slip on the interior; traces of fire on the nozzle. L. 8.3, diam. 6.1, H. 3.6 (cm). Object inventory L_0712; square K VI/δ4, south of the rampart, Salamis; slide C_5244; negative 01220_01; 10 September 1969.

French, as on the record

carre : K VI/δ4 Lampe tournée fermée à anse horizontale, profil équilibré, bec plat, pied concave en saillie. Bourrelet autour du trou d'alimentation qui fait le tiers de la lampe. Argile chamois foncé pure, bien cuite et vernis noir intérieur. Traces de feu au bec. L. 8,3, diam. 6,1, H. 3,6 diapositives : C_5244 inv objet : L_0712 negatif : 01220_01 chantier : Zone au sud du rempart objet : Lampe

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