Object card·SAL_0402·1965

Marble reliquary lid, Campanopetra, Salamis

Marble reliquary lid, Campanopetra, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0402. "Marble reliquary lid, Campanopetra, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete reliquary lid of white marble, with no decoration, from Campanopetra, Salamis, Cyprus; square L 18; K IV/ηζ9-10; inventory Po_0025; slide C_0312. Rectangular lid with a double-pitched roof and triangular gables, with quarter-sphere acroteria at the four corners and a circular hole at the centre of the ridge surrounded by a hollow moulding; the lid is 8.5 cm wide, 5.5 cm high and 10 cm long, with only its edges slightly chipped, and a projecting moulding helped it fit the basin, while the underside is hollowed into a truncated pyramid. Inventory Po_0025; 9 October 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_39 type :OBJETS CHRÉTIENS complet — Marbre blanc carre : L 18 il n'y a pas de décor. l. : 8,5 h. : 5,5. — Couvercle rectangulaire en forme de toit à double pente et à frontons triangulaires : les quatre angles sont décorés d'acrotères en quart de sphère. Le faîte est percé en son centre d'un trou circulaire entouré d'une moulure creuse carre : K IV/ηζ9-10 diapositives : C_0312 forme : Couvercle de reliquaire inv objet : Po_0025 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0403_p_0131 seuls les bords sont légèrement écaillés. L. : 10 une moulure débordante facilitait l'ajustement avec la cuve l'intérieur du couvercle est évidé en forme de pyramide tronquée

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