Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2006. "Terracotta loom weight, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Lenticular terracotta loom weight (type PESONS) of red clay, weighing 95 g, complete, ø 6.9 x 6.6 cm, with one flat face and one convex face and two holes near the top; the thinned rim is very slightly flattened at the top and has a small median groove. Found near lamps of the late 4th to early 3rd century BC; see Salamis I, no. 69, p. 42 (Sal. 2008) and no. 75, p. 43 (Sal. 2007). Square K VI/δ3, area south of the rampart, inventory Po_0114; negatives 00865_02, 00865_03 and 02113_05; slide C_1909; 5 April 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
— Terre cuite, argile rouge
negatif : 00865_02
negatif : 00865_03
poids : 95 g. — Lenticulaire
complet. ø : 6,9 x 6,6
une face plane, une face convexe
diapositives : C_1909
inv objet : Po_0114
negatif : 02113_05
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0238_p_0083
deux trous près du sommet. — Trouvé à proximité de lampes de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. : Salamine I, n° 69, p. 42 (Sal. 2008) et 75, p. 43 (Sal. 2007)
le pourtour aminci est très légèrement aplati au sommet et présente un petit sillon médian
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