Object card·SAL_0040·1965

Bronze lock-plate from a chest, Campanopetra

Bronze lock-plate from a chest, Campanopetra
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0040. "Bronze lock-plate from a chest, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bronze lock-plate from a chest, made of a rectangular plate with two openings: one longitudinal, slightly off-centre, with two straight long sides and two concave short sides, the other smaller and transverse, close to the edge. Complete, L. 5.8, l. 4.8 (cm). Circular holes at the four corners held the plate in place with nails, and one of these nails is preserved. Found with a coin of the 7th century AD: Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine (Sal. 152). Salamis, Cyprus; Campanopetra; square K IV/β8; N 21; inventory B_0005; negatives 04474_02, 04474_03, 04474_04; 24 September 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_14 — Bronze forme : Accessoires divers en bronze type :Bronze negatif : 04474_03 negatif : 04474_04 negatif : 04474_02 carre : K IV/β8 carre : N 21 complète. L. : 5,8 elle a deux grands côtés droits, un seul des petits, concave inv objet : B_0005 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0117_p_0040 l'autre entrée, plus petite, est transversale et proche du bord l. : 4,8. — Plaque de coffre de serrure faite d’une plaquette rectangulaire présentant deux entrées : l'une, longitudinale, légèrement décentrée, possède deux grands côtés droits, deux petits, concaves un de ces clous est conservé. — Trouvée avec une monnaie du VIIe s. ap. J.-C. : Héraclius et Héraclius Constantin (Sal. 152) aux quatre angles, des trous circulaires permettaient de fixer la plaque au moyen de clous

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