Object card·SAL_2642·1967

Conical spindle whorl, Sondage Z, Salamis

Conical spindle whorl, Sondage Z, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2642. "Conical spindle whorl, Sondage Z, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete conical, slightly truncated spindle whorl of red-brown terracotta, poorly fired and heavily cracked, with a flat base, rounded edges and burnt surface, undecorated. H. 2.2 cm, diameter 2.2 x 1.5 cm, hole diameter 0.4 x 0.35 cm; from a layer dating to the end of the Geometric or beginning of the Archaic period (Bichrome, White Painted, classes III and IV). Inventory Po_0130; 19 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z num planche : PL_27 complète type :Fusaïoles forme : Fusaïoles coniques et tronconiques base plate surface brûlée sans décor. — Trouvée dans une couche datant de la fin de l'époque géométrique ou du début de l'époque archaïque (Céramique Bichrome, White Painted, classes III et IV) arêtes arrondies h. : 2,2 modelée. ø : 2,2 x 1,5 diapositives : C_2515 inv objet : Po_0130 negatif : 00171 negatif : 02198_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0275_p_0094 — Terre cuite, argile brun rouge, mal cuite et très fendillée ø trou : 0,4 x 0,35. — Légèrement tronconique

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