Possible marble game piece, Salamis, square K VI/δ4
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2105. "Possible marble game piece, Salamis, square K VI/δ4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Game piece, perhaps a marble: a complete sphere, ø 3.2 x 3.1 cm, with one slightly flattened face and a small hollow at its centre, made of very polished white limestone. Found with fragments of terracotta trumpets, in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/δ4, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0115; negative 02131_05; 6 April 1967.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_52
carre : K VI/δ4
type :ÉLÉMENTS DE JEUX
forme : Billes ?
diapositives : C_2000
inv objet : Po_0115
negatif : 02131_05
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0569_p_0192
complète. ø :3,2 x 3,1. — Petite bille sphérique présentant une face légèrement aplatie, au centre de laquelle est creusée un petit alvéole. — Trouvée avec des fragments de trompettes de terre cuite.
— Calcaire blanc très poli
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