Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 394
Fig. 2:0. Dimysos or Lamp for Two Wicks. Terra-coUa. nozzles. The dimyxos was also termed hilychnis. Greeklamps are to be distinguished from the Roman by theirgreater fineness, smaller size, paler material, and moredelicate art, and above all by the inscriptions wdiich theybear. Dr. Birch mentions,… … Fig. 271. Lamp. Terra-coHa. collection, found at Salamis (see fig. 271), which is heredrawn to one-fourth the size of the original. It repre-sents a human leg and foot, sandalled, MJtli a Cupid or 278 LAMPS. Eros reclining on the instep. Another (fig. 272) shewsa drunken actor—perhaps…
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