Moulded lamp with leaf and fruit decoration, Sanctuary
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7391. "Moulded lamp with leaf and fruit decoration, Sanctuary". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Moulded biconical lamp with no handle or nozzle; on the upper cone, an alternating pattern of elongated leaves and fruit (perhaps ivy). Pink clay with brown/black glaze on the upper half of the lamp. Has run. L. 5.5, diam. 5.5, H. 2.9 (cm). Found in the Sanctuary, square K V/ε6 (2-3), Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory L_0875; 25 September 1972.
French, as on the record
carre : K V/ε6 (2-3)
Lampe moulée, biconique, ni anse, ni tenon, sur le cône supérieur alternance de feuilles allongées et de fruits (lierre?). Argile rose, vernis brun/noir sur la moitié supérieure de la lampe. A coulé. L. 5,5, diam. 5,5, H. 2,9
inv objet : L_0875
negatif : 06445_01
negatif : 06436_03
chantier : Sanctuaire
objet : Lampe
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