Object card·SAL_2923·1967

Square bronze weight with cross, Sondage D, Salamis

Square bronze weight with cross, Sondage D, Salamis
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_2923. "Square bronze weight with cross, Sondage D, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Complete square bronze weight with worn decoration, side 3.5 cm, weight 85 g. The upper face has a circular band incised with fishbone pattern enclosing a medallion whose centre is occupied by a cross pattée with unequal arms; below the arms of the cross it seems that FT (3 unciae) can be read, and the lower face bears no decoration. Found with fragments of tile and late pottery in Sondage D, square J V/κ3, Salamis, 5th-6th century AD. Inventory Po_0156; 5 October 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage D objet : Inscriptions sur céramiques et petits objets num planche : PL_15 forme : Poids en bronze type :INSTRUMENTS DE MESURE — Bronze num planche : PL_61 complet, décor usé. Côté 3,5 la face inférieure ne porte pas de décor poids 85 g. — Poids carré carre : J V/κ3 dessin : D_4265 dessin : D_3347 diapositives : C_2785 epoque : Ve- VIe s. ap. J.-C. inv objet : Po_0156 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0128_p_0045 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0411_p_0103 le centre de ce médaillon est occupé par une croix pattée aux branches inégales sous les bras de la croix, il semble qu'on lise FT (3 unciae) — Trouvé avec des fragments de tuiles et de la céramique tardive. sur la face supérieure, une couronne circulaire incisée en arête de poisson délimite un médaillon

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