Object card·SAL_0690·1966

Plaster stopper with Christian cross and Alpha and Omega

Plaster stopper with Christian cross and Alpha and Omega
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0690. "Plaster stopper with Christian cross and Alpha and Omega". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Inventory Po_0047; plaster stopper of spherical cap form, cast in a cloth, as shown by the fold marks on the underside; about half of it survives, 9 x 7 cm, medallion ø 5.5 cm. The upper face bears an impression of a circular medallion enclosing an ansate cross, with A and Ω under the arms of the cross. Found with a coin of the 4th century AD: Arcadius (Sal. 686). Sondage Z, Salamis, square K V/α9; 4 April 1966.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_10 forme : Bouchons en plâtre num planche : PL_59 carre : K V/α9 negatif : 00172 negatif : 00175 dessin : D_3240 diapositives : C_0744 inv objet : Po_0047 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0087_p_0030 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0409_p_0103 type :Bouchons, Couvercles incomplet : la moitié environ du bouchon subsiste. 9 x 7 ø médaillon : 5,5. — Bouchon en calotte sphérique coulé dans un chiffon comme le révèle la marque des plis à la face inférieure. La face supérieure présente une empreinte : un médaillon circulaire cerne une croix ansée sous les bras de laquelle figurent A et Ω. — Trouvé avec une monnaie du IVe s. ap. J.-C. : Arcadius (Sal. 686) — Plâtre chantier : Sondage Z objet : Inscriptions sur céramiques et petits objets epoque : Époque paléochrétienne

Corrections and additions

Can you tell us more about this?

If you can identify, date or place this item, or know where else it is recorded, we would like to hear.

We would like to hear about

  • What it shows or records
  • Its date, place or author
  • Where else it is published or held
  • A mistake in our description

Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

More from Salamis

16,340 items in the archiveThe site →