Object card·SAL_2577·1967

Marble basin fragment with lead repair, Rampart

Marble basin fragment with lead repair, Rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2577. "Marble basin fragment with lead repair, Rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

White marble and lead. Fragment of a basin with a thick wall, whose straight rim is inclined towards the interior; the fragment is broken into two parts and shows an ancient repair made with lead strips placed on both sides of the wall, joined by cast metal poured through small circular holes in the wall, with at least two clamps. Rampart, square K V/γ10, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0123, negative 02215_03; 18 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart carre : K V/γ10 type :ÉCUELLES, COUPES OU JATTES DE PIERRE num planche : PL_05 — Marbre blanc et plomb. — Fragment de vasque à paroi épaisse, dont le bord droit est incliné vers l'intérieur. Le fragment est brisé en deux parties et présente une réparation ancienne faite au moyen de lamelles de plomb : posées des deux côtés de la paroi, elles ont été soudées entre elles grâce à des coulées de métal passées dans de petits trous circulaires ménagés dans la paroi. La réparation devait comprendre deux crampons au moins. diapositives : C_2455 forme : Fragment de vaisselle avec réparation inv objet : Po_0123 negatif : 02215_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0023_p_0018

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