Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0823. "Bone needle or pin with eye, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Bone needle or pin with a circular eye, incomplete with the point broken; L. 8.4 cm, ø 0.5 to 0.3 cm. The top of the head is very slightly convex; the straight body is circular in section, tapering towards the point and flattened towards the head. The eye is circular, but the hole was drilled at a noticeably oblique angle. Found in a dump with lamps of type X (1st-3rd century AD), Sondage Z, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0063; 14 April 1966.
French, as on the record
chantier : Sondage Z
num planche : PL_30
— Os
forme : Aiguilles ou passe-lacets en os
type :COUTURE
carre : K V/α9
negatif : 00174_04
incomplète, pointe brisée. L. : 8,4
le sommet de la tête est très légèrement convexe
ø :0,5 à 0,3. — Corps droit de section circulaire, aminci vers la pointe, aplati vers la tête
dessin : D_0271
diapositives : C_0846
inv objet : Po_0063
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0314_p_0103
un seul chas circulaire : mais le trou a été foré sensiblement en biais. — Trouvée dans un déblai avec des lampes du type X (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.)
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