Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1347. "Terracotta ball, game piece, Tomb 1". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Complete small terracotta ball, possibly a game piece, from Tomb 1 at Salamis, Cyprus; ø 2.6 to 2.8 cm. It is made of coarse buff-brown clay shaped by hand into a roughly round pellet, with no inscription. Inventory Po_0197; slide C_1346; April 1965.
French, as on the record
forme : Billes ?
chantier : Tombe 1
Boule. — Complète
diapositives : C_1346
inv objet : Po_0197
objet : Petit objet en terre cuite
pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0047_p_0022
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0568_p_0191
type :Boule, élément de jeux
dim. : diam. : 2,6 à 2,8. — Terre chamois brunâtre assez grossière, travaillée à la main en boulette à peu près ronde, sans inscription.
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