Object card·SAL_0474·1965

Thin copper plate with ring and tab, Tomb 1

Thin copper plate with ring and tab, Tomb 1
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0474. "Thin copper plate with ring and tab, Tomb 1". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Miscellaneous copper accessory, inventory B_0014: a thin trapezoidal copper plate (thickness 0.2 cm), extended at one end by a circular ring and at the other by a rectangular tab pierced at its end, complete, H. 3.8 cm. Found on the threshold of the house dated to the 4th century AD, Tomb 1, Maison tardive square, Salamis. The excavation has so far produced only this single copper object. Photograph in plate PL_14, slide C_0539; 21 October 1965.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_14 chantier : Tombe 1 carre : Maison tardive ép. : 0,2. — Mince plaque trapézoïdale prolongée à une extrémité par un anneau circulaire, à l'autre par une languette rectangulaire percée à son extrémité. — Trouvé sur le seuil de la maison réputée du IVe s. ap. J.-C. — La fouille n'a produit jusqu'ici que cet unique objet en cuivre. Dans quelques sites antiques, au contraire, on observe la rareté du bronze par rapport au cuivre et au laiton. complet. H. : 3,8 diapositives : C_0539 forme : Accessoires divers en cuivre inv objet : B_0014 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0118_p_0041 type :Cuivre — Cuivre rouge

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