Object card·SAL_6530·1967

Byzantine amphora with painted inscription, Rampart

Byzantine amphora with painted inscription, Rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6530. "Byzantine amphora with painted inscription, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Amphora, incomplete, lacking the body; H. 27 cm, ø 14 cm. Red fabric with beige slip; cylindrical neck, short vertical handles marked with three longitudinal grooves from the rim to the shoulder, and a thickened, projecting bead-like rim. Decoration of grooves at the handle attachment on the shoulder; red painted inscription 'Νεικηφόρου' at the base of the neck, the same inscription as on amphora Sal. 1787, and the same name in abbreviated form on Sal. 6529. Byzantine period, Rampart sector, square K V/γ10, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory A_0202; April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart caracterique : le diamètre est inférieur à la hauteur forme : n.d. objet : amphore type :vase fermé epoque : Epoque byzantine Amphore, incomplète manque le corps. H. 27 ø 14. Pâte rouge, engobe beige. Col cylindrique, anses verticales courtes marquées de trois stries longitudinales de la lèvre à l'épaule, lèvre épaissie saillante en bourrelet. Décor fait de stries au niveau de l'attache de l'anse sur l'épaule. Inscription peinte en rouge à la base du col: Νεικηφόρου. Une même inscription se retrouve sur lamphore Sal. 1787. Le même nom, abrégé, est inscrit sur l'amphore Sal. 6529. carre : K V/γ10 dessin : D_3038 inv objet : A_0202 negatif : 05614_06 negatif : 05615_01 negatif : 05614_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139889_IX_CAT_09_0174_p_0048

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