Object card·SAL_0805·1966

Ivory pin with hemispherical head, Sondage Z

Ivory pin with hemispherical head, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0805. "Ivory pin with hemispherical head, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bone pins (ivory), incomplete, point broken; L. 6.6, ø 0.4 x 0.25, ø head 0.7 x 0.7. Made from a single piece, polished with great care; the thick shaft, of circular section, is slightly tapered and the head forms a regular hemisphere. Found in a rubble deposit near a lamp of type XIV (1st-3rd century AD): Salamis I, no. 232, p. 76 (Sal. 813). Sondage Z, square K V/α9, inventory Po_0058; 13 April 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z num planche : PL_48 type :ÉPINGLES EN OS forme : Épingles à tête plus importante — Os ivoirin carre : K V/α9 negatif : 00174_04 incomplète, pointe brisée. L. : 6,6 ø :0,4 x 0,25 ø tête : 0,7 x 0,7. — Épingle faite d’une seule pièce, polie avec grand soin. La tige épaisse, de section circulaire, est légèrement fuselée. La tête forme une demi-sphère régulière. — Trouvée dans un déblai près d’une lampe de type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Salamine I, n° 232, p. 76 (Sal. 813) dessin : D_0269 diapositives : C_0830 inv objet : Po_0058 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0491_p_0171

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