Object card·SAL_1327·1965

Steatite spindle whorl, Tomb 1, Salamis

Steatite spindle whorl, Tomb 1, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1327. "Steatite spindle whorl, Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Low conical spindle whorl of greenish-grey steatite, complete, with a flat lower face and an upper part decorated with incisions: three concentric circles and small semicircles around dots. Diameter 1.9 cm, thickness 0.7 cm. From Tomb 1, Salamis; inventory Po_0182; April 1965.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_16 num planche : PL_17 forme : Fusaïoles coniques basses et fusaïoles en forme de boutons chantier : Tombe 1 objet : Petit objet en pierre dim. : diam. : 1,9 face inférieure plate Fusaïole stéatite — Complète diapositives : C_1336 inv objet : Po_0182 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0123_p_0043 pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0038_p_0019 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0295_p_0098 type :Fusaïole ép. : 0,7. — Stéatite gris verdâtre. Fusaïole tronconique basse partie supérieure décorée d’incisions : trois cercles concentriques et de petits demi-cercles autour de points.

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