Object card·SAL_1522·1965

Proto-White Painted pyxis from Tomb 1, Salamis

Proto-White Painted pyxis from Tomb 1, Salamis
Object card: 1965. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1522. "Proto-White Painted pyxis from Tomb 1, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Closed ceramic vessel, type pyxis: short cylindrical neck, carinated cylindrical body, conical foot, two vertical loop handles pressed against the wall formed of two coiled strips. Turned on the wheel; fine beige fabric with some grits; buff-pink slip; dark brown painted bands on the foot, neck and body, with a zone of cross-hatched lozenges between the handles; ladder motifs on the handles; Proto-White Painted. Max. diameter 11.7 cm, H. 10 cm. Incomplete, restored. Findspot Tomb 1, Salamis. Inventory V_0475; drawing D_1975; slide C_0072; plate PL_25; inventory notebook page 12; object card SAL_1522; 1965-04.

French, as on the record

col court cylindrique diam. max. : 11,7. — Au tour dim. : h. : 10 panse cylindrique carénée peinture brun foncé. — Pied conique pâte beige assez fine avec quelques graviers échelles sur les anses. — Proto-White Painted. épaule carénée deux anses dressées, plaquées contre la paroi, formées de deux boudins collés. Bandes sur le pied, le col, la panse, déterminant entre les anses une zone de losanges quadrillés dessin : D_1975 diapositives : C_0072 inv objet : V_0475 pub : SAL_PUB_II_P_CAT_02_0080_p_0041 num planche : PL_25 chantier : Tombe 1 objet : Céramique : Vases fermés engobe beige rosé Pyxide — Incomplète, recollée type :Pyxide

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