Amphora with painted inscription Αιλιάνου, Rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_6543. "Amphora with painted inscription Αιλιάνου, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Incomplete amphora, closed form with a cylindrical neck; the body is smaller in diameter than its height. Chamois fabric with black sand; rounded shoulder, cylindrical neck, vertical handle from below the rim to mid-shoulder, thick projecting rim forming a bead. Painted in red at the middle of the base of the neck is the inscription Αιλιάνου, probably a personal name (Latin Aelianus). The body, one handle and a fragment of the shoulder are missing. Diameter 14.5 cm; H. 29.5 cm. Sector Rampart, square K V/γδ10, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory A_0203; April 1967.
French, as on the record
chantier : Rempart
objet : amphore
type :vase fermé
caracterique : le diamètre du corps est inférieur à la hauteur
Amphore, incomplète
num planche : PL_26
forme : col cylindrique
ø 14,5.
Pâte chamois avec sable noir. Épaule arrondie, col cylindrique, anse verticale de dessous la lèvre à mi-épaule, lèvre saillante épaisse formant bourrelet.
Au milieu de la base du col, inscription peinte en rouge: Αιλιάνου, probablement anthroponyme (latin Aelianus).
carre : K V/γδ10
epoque : Datation incertaine
inv objet : A_0203
negatif : 05706_01
negatif : 05705_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139889_IX_CAT_09_0317_p_0064
manquent le corps, une anse et un fragment d’épaule. H. 29,5
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