Object card·SAL_0912·1966

Turquoise glass melon bead, Sondage Z

Turquoise glass melon bead, Sondage Z
Object card: 1966. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_0912. "Turquoise glass melon bead, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete turquoise glass bead, globular and slightly flattened at the poles, with regular vertical ribbing over its whole surface; ø 1.6 cm, ø of hole 0.7 cm. These beads are generally called melon beads and are most often made of Egyptian faience, where they are very common; this example is listed as faience. Sondage Z, square K V/α9; inventory Po_0069; slide C_0959; negative 04477_04; plate PL_45; 15 April 1966.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z num planche : PL_45 forme : Perles en verre ou en pâle de verre type :PERLES carre : K V/α9 verre de couleur turquoise. — Ces perles sont appelées généralement perles côtelées en forme de melon complète. ø :1,6 diapositives : C_0959 inv objet : Po_0069 negatif : 04477_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0459_p_0159 ø trou : 0,7. — En forme de sphère légèrement aplatie aux deux pôles, côtelée verticalement et très régulièrement sur toute sa surface elles sont le plus souvent en faïence d’Égypte et sont très communes. — Faïence

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