Object card·SAL_1322·1965

Faience spindle whorl from Tomb 1, Salamis

Faience spindle whorl from Tomb 1, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1322. "Faience spindle whorl from Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Spindle whorl of brownish paste covered with a light turquoise blue glaze, in the form of a flat cap, complete but chipped; H. 0.95, diam. 3. The convex face is decorated with concentric incised circles intersected by closely spaced radiating incisions that do not reach the edge; the object is dated to the 11th century BC. Inventory Po_0177; April 1965.

French, as on the record

chantier : Tombe 1 negatif : 00090 type :Fusaïole num planche : PL_29 objet : Petit objet en faïence ou pâte dim. : diam. : 3 la face bombée est décorée de cercles concentriques incisés que recoupent des incisions rayonnantes assez serrées, n’atteignant pas le bord — XIe s. av. J.-C. Fusaïole — Complète mais ébréchée diapositives : C_0163 diapositives : C_0105 inv objet : Po_0177 negatif : 03330_01 pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0041_p_0020 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0294_p_0098 h. : 0,95. — Pâte brunâtre recouverte d’un glaçage bleu turquoise clair. Fusaïole en forme de calotte plate num planche : PL_16 num planche : PL_17 forme : Fusaïoles coniques basses et fusaïoles en forme de boutons

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