Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1326. "Clay spindle whorl from Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Complete, undecorated spindle whorl of fairly hard fired clay with a blackened surface, cylindrical with a thick disc pierced by a central hole; H. 1.7 cm, diam. 2.6 cm. Found in Tomb 1 at Salamis, Cyprus; dated to the 11th century BC. Inventory Po_0181; April 1965.
French, as on the record
num planche : PL_16
num planche : PL_27
num planche : PL_17
chantier : Tombe 1
negatif : 00090
objet : Petit objet en terre cuite
type :Fusaïole
dim. : diam. : 2,6
sans décor. — XIe siècle av. J.-C.
forme : Fusaïoles circulaires plates, en forme de disques ou de rondelles épaisses
Fusaïole — Complète
diapositives : C_1335
inv objet : Po_0181
negatif : 03339_01
pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0046_p_0022
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0262_p_0090
h. : 1,7. — Terre cuite assez dure, à surface noircie. Fusaïole cylindrique sans décor. Disque épais, percé d'un trou central
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