Object card·SAL_2893·1967

Bronze hemispherical bell with clapper, Campanopetra

Bronze hemispherical bell with clapper, Campanopetra
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2893. "Bronze hemispherical bell with clapper, Campanopetra". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Bronze hemispherical bell (clochette), complete but with the base corroded; H. 1.2 cm, ø 2 cm. The top is pierced by a circular hole through which the bronze stem passes, folding back to form both the ring carrying the clapper and the suspension ring of the bell; the clapper is a wire of circular section folded back on itself at the lower end and curved into an attachment loop at the other end. Found with fragments of glassware from the beginning of the Byzantine period, square K V/η1, Campanopetra sector, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory B_0100; 3 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Campanopétra num planche : PL_43 carre : K V/η1 — Bronze num planche : PL_69 type :BIJOUX forme : Clochettes negatif : 00223 complète, mais la base est rongée. H : 1,2 ø : 2. — Clochette hémisphérique dessin : D_3348 diapositives : C_2757 inv objet : B_0100 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0424_p_0148 le sommet est percé d’un trou circulaire permettant le passage de la tige de bronze, qui se replie et forme à la fois l’anneau sur lequel est accroché le battant, et l’anneau de suspension de la clochette. Le battant est un fil de section circulaire simplement replié sur lui-même à l’extrémité inférieure et courbé en boucle d’attache à l’autre extrémité. — Trouvée avec des fragments de verrerie du début de l’époque byzantine.

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