Object card·SAL_2578·1967

Finger-shaped pestle, Rampart, Po_0124

Finger-shaped pestle, Rampart, Po_0124
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2578. "Finger-shaped pestle, Rampart, Po_0124". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Limestone finger-shaped pestle (pilon) from square K V/γ10 in the Rampart sector of Salamis, inv. Po_0124; complete but worn, with traces of fire, H. 6.2 cm, l. 6.7 cm. The convex active face of the implement is worn and set at an angle; the upper side of the finger is decorated with two groups of small concentric circles bored with a drill around a central point, and the form, bent at a right angle, is very schematic. Found in a dump of Imperial date (1st-3rd century AD). Inventory SAL_2578; 18 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart — Calcaire carre : K V/γ10 type :PILONS num planche : PL_07 forme : Pilons en forme de doigt negatif : 02215_06 la face active de l'instrument, convexe, est usée et se trouve en biais. La face supérieure du doigt est décorée de deux groupes de petits cercles concentriques travaillés au foret autour d'un point central. — Trouvé dans un déblai d'époque impériale (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) complet mais usé traces de feu. H. : 6,2 l. : 6,7. — En forme de doigt plié en angle droit, mais la réalisation est très schématique diapositives : C_2456 inv objet : Po_0124 negatif : 00862_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0047_p_0024

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