Object card·SAL_2165·1967

Lenticular loom weight, square K VI/γ3, Salamis

Lenticular loom weight, square K VI/γ3, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2165. "Lenticular loom weight, square K VI/γ3, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Lenticular loom weight of terracotta, salmon-coloured fabric with traces of fire, biconvex, moulded, with a flat top crossed by a median groove and two circular holes near the top. Thickness 3.1 cm, ø 6.5 cm, flat top l. 1.8 cm, hole ø 0.7 cm, weight 95 g. Found in the area south of the rampart at Salamis, square K VI/γ3, with a Rhodian stamped amphora handle of the late 4th to early 3rd century BC (Salamine III, no. 18, p. 19; Sal. 2360) and a lamp of the late 4th to early 3rd century BC (Salamine I, no. 70, p. 42; Sal. 2164). Inventory Po_0116; 7 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/γ3 modelé forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS biconvexe ép. : 3,1 negatif : 00865_02 negatif : 00865_03 complet. ø : 6,5 l. sommet plat : 1,8 poids : 95 g. — Lenticulaire ø trous : 0,7 diapositives : C_2057 inv objet : Po_0116 negatif : 02065_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0240_p_0083 deux trous circulaires près du sommet. — Trouvé dans une zone où furent mises au jour une anse d’amphore à timbre rhodien de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. av. J.-C. : Salamine III, n° 18, p. 19 (Sal. 2360) et une lampe de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. av. J.-C. : Salamine I, n° 70, p. 42 (Sal. 2164) — Terre cuite, argile saumon, traces de feu à la partie supérieure, le pourtour est étiré, puis coupé pour former un sommet plat que traverse un sillon médian

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