Object card·SAL_0020·1965

Rhodian amphora stamp, Salamis, chance find

Rhodian amphora stamp, Salamis, chance find
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0020. "Rhodian amphora stamp, Salamis, chance find". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Quadrangular Rhodian amphora stamp, found by chance at Salamis, Cyprus; period I (late 4th to early 3rd century BC). Amphora handle, 2.1 x 1.3 cm; section 3.6 x 5.2 cm; pink clay with beige slip. An identical stamp was found at the Athens Agora with sherds dating to the end of the 4th century BC. Inventory A_0004; 1 April 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Découverte fortuite objet : Timbre amphorique forme : Quadrangulaire type :rhodien epoque : Période I (fin IVe - début IIIe av. J.-C.) Anse d'amphore 2,1 x 1,3. Argile rose et engobe beige. Section 3,6 x 5,2. A l’Agora d’Athènes un timbre identique a été trouvé avec des tessons datant de la fin du IVe s. dessin : D_0229 inv objet : A_0004 negatif : 01095_01 negatif : 02104_03 negatif : 02104_04 negatif : 01094_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139898_III_CAT_03_0010_p_0016

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