Object card·SAL_1663·1967

Lenticular terracotta loom weight, Po_0100

Lenticular terracotta loom weight, Po_0100
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1663. "Lenticular terracotta loom weight, Po_0100". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Lenticular terracotta loom weight (pesón) of greenish clay, with two circular holes pierced near the top, complete, ø 5.7 x 5.4 cm, weight 40 g; both faces are almost flat and the rim is very slightly flattened at the top. A letter T is read on the centre of one face, below the holes. Found in the area of the figurine deposit of the 5th-4th century BC and a lamp of the late 4th to early 3rd century BC; Salamis I, no. 74, p. 43 (Sal. 1654). Square K VI/δ3, area south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus; 24 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_24 carre : K VI/δ3 modelé forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS — Terre cuite, argile verdâtre negatif : 00865_03 negatif : 01977_02 deux trous circulaires sont percés près du sommet complet. ø :5,7 X 5,4 mais les deux faces sont pratiquement plates poids : 40 g. — Lenticulaire sous les trous, au centre de l’une des faces, on lit T. — Trouvé au voisinage du dépôt de figurines du Ve-IVe s. et d’une lampe de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. : Salamine I, n° 74, p. 43 (Sal. 1654) diapositives : C_1588 inv objet : Po_0100 negatif : 00865_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0234_p_0082 le pourtour est très légèrement aplati à la partie supérieure

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