Object card·SAL_2583·1967

Bone needles or pins, Rampart, square K V/γ10

Bone needles or pins, Rampart, square K V/γ10
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2583. "Bone needles or pins, Rampart, square K V/γ10". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for bone needles or pins (aiguilles ou passe-lacets en os), type COUTURE, from the Rampart sector of Salamis, square K V/γ10. Three bone pieces are listed: one complete with a slightly broken point, L. 9.5; one incomplete with a broken point, L. 7.9; and one incomplete with head and point broken, L. 8.2. Other pieces have diameters of 0.4 x 0.3, 0.5 x 0.3 and 0.6 x 0.3, and one simple pin is similar to Sal_2508, with the head thickness 0.2; the shaft is circular in section, thinned towards the point and flattened towards the oval head, and the point has been re-cut. Found in a rubble deposit of Imperial date (1st-3rd century AD); one piece probably has two eyes, the surviving one circular, found with lamps of type XI (1st-2nd century AD). Inventory E_0006; Po_0131; drawing D_0072; slides C_2461; negative 00866_03; 19 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart num planche : PL_30 carre : K V/γ10 — Os num planche : PL_70 forme : Aiguilles ou passe-lacets en os type :COUTURE complète, pointe légèrement brisée. L. : 9,5 incomplète, pointe brisée. L. : 7,9 incomplète, tête et pointe brisées. L. : 8,2 n° 368, p. 95 (Sal. 2607) // — Os ø : 0,4 x 0,3. ø : 0,5 x 0,3 ø :0,6 x 0,3. — Épingle simple, semblable à Sal_2508 n° 170, p. 65 (Sal. 2603) et du type XIV (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Salamine I, n° 362, p. 94 (Sal. 2604) ép. à la tête : 0,2. — Corps droit de section circulaire aminci vers la pointe, élargi et aplati vers la tête où la section est ovale dessin : D_0072 diapositives : C_2461 inv objet : Po_0131 negatif : 00866_03 num planche : PL_47 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0481_p_0169 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0483_p_0169 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0322_p_0105 la pointe a été retaillée. — Trouvée dans un déblai d’époque impériale (Ier-IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) // — Os deux chas probablement : celui qui est conservé est circulaire. — Trouvée dans le déblai avec des lampes du type XI (Ier-IIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Salamine I, n° 133, p. 58 (Sal. 2602)

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