Object card·SAL_1850·1967

Lenticular terracotta loom weight, square K VI/δ3

Lenticular terracotta loom weight, square K VI/δ3
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_1850. "Lenticular terracotta loom weight, square K VI/δ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Lenticular terracotta loom weight of green clay, biconvex, complete, weighing 80 g, with a diameter of 6 x 5.4 cm. Its thinned edge is cut to form a flat top, with a longitudinal groove and a transverse groove across the top, and two closely spaced circular holes pierced near the centre; found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ3, near terracotta figurines of the 5th-4th century BC and a lamp of the late 4th to early 3rd century BC, see Salamine I, no. 80, p. 44 (Sal. 1849). Inventory Po_0105; 30 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/δ3 modelé forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS le pourtour aminci est coupé pour former un sommet plat poids : 80 g. — Lenticulaire — Terre cuite, argile verte biconvexe complet. ø : 6x5,4 diapositives : C_1763 deux trous circulaires très rapprochés sont percés pratiquement au centre du poids. — Trouvé au voisinage de figurines de terre cuite du Ve-IVe s. et d’une lampe de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. : Salamine I, n° 80, p. 44 (Sal. 1849) inv objet : Po_0105 negatif : 01983_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0235_p_0082 ce sommet est creusé d’un sillon longitudinal, et d’un sillon transversal qui se prolonge sur les deux faces bombées et se termine entre les deux trous, au centre du poids

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