Object card·SAL_2573·1967

Hemispherical alabaster spindle whorl, Sondage D

Hemispherical alabaster spindle whorl, Sondage D
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2573. "Hemispherical alabaster spindle whorl, Sondage D". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Hemispherical spindle whorl of alabaster with a flat base, complete, Ø 3.3 cm, H. 1.6 cm, hole Ø 0.5 cm; the upper part is decorated with an incised circle parallel to the base. Found near lamps of Type XIV (1st-3rd century AD): Salamis I, nos. 405 and 411, pp. 100 and 101 (Sal. 2556 and 2615), in Sondage D, square K V/β10, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0122; 18 April 1967.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_30 type :Fusaïoles carre : K V/β10 — Albâtre base plate negatif : 02215_02 complète. ø :3,3 h. : 1,6 ø trou : 0,5. — Hémisphérique diapositives : C_2451 forme : Fusaïoles hémisphériques inv objet : Po_0122 negatif : 02215_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0308_p_0101 la partie supérieure est décorée d'un cercle incisé parallèle à la base. — Trouvée au voisinage de lampes du type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Salamine I, n° 405 et 411, p. 100 et 101 (Sal. 2556 et 2615) chantier : Sondage D

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