Object card·SAL_7639·1973

Amphora with inscribed handle, Huilerie

Amphora with inscribed handle, Huilerie
Object card: 1973. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7639. "Amphora with inscribed handle, Huilerie". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Amphora, incomplete, from the Huilerie sector, square I III/γ3, inventory A_0270. Red fabric, possibly beige slip; ovoid body, short cylindrical neck decorated under the rim with a ridge softened by thumb impression, flat vertical handles striated from the neck base to the shoulder, flattened rim. Part of the neck and body missing; H. 32 cm, diameter 13 cm, 14 cm and 29 cm, handle H. 7.7 cm, neck 8 cm, handle section 2.3 x 3.6 cm. Inscription theta on the lower attachment of one handle. Period given as Roman or Byzantine; date 15 June 1973.

French, as on the record

negatif : 06805_02 negatif : 06805_03 negatif : 06680_03 objet : amphore pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc4114_p_0038 pub : SAL_PUB_139889_IX_CAT_09_0173_p_0047 type :vase fermé chantier : Huilerie H. anse 7,7 col 8 manque une partie du col et du corps, H. 32 ø 13 ø 14 ø 29 Amphore, incomplète caracterique : le diamètre est inférieur à la hauteur section anse 2,3 x 3,6. Pâte rouge, engobe beige (?). Corps ovoïde, col cylindrique court décoré sous la lèvre par une arête estompée au pouce anses verticales plates, striées de la base du col à l'épaule, lèvre aplatie. Inscription sur l'attache inférieure d’une des anses: θ. carre : I III/γ3 epoque : Epoque romaine ou byzantine forme : n.d. inv objet : A_0270 negatif : 06680_04

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