Object card·SAL_6543·1967

Amphora with painted inscription Αιλιάνου, Rampart

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.

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English, translated from the French record

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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