Object card·SAL_3066·1967

Cubic stone pounder with central depressions, Sondage Z

Cubic stone pounder with central depressions, Sondage Z
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3066. "Cubic stone pounder with central depressions, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Pounder of very hard dark blue stone, complete, H. 5.5 cm, l. 5.6 cm, cube-shaped; wear has deformed and flattened one face. All faces have a central depression, two opposite faces with a markedly deeper one that gives a very convenient grip; circular traces of a binding. Found together with mixed Archaic and Geometric pottery sherds, Sondage Z, Salamis. Inventory Po_0174; 31 March 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Sondage Z forme : Pierres naturelles, galets num planche : PL_06 type :PILONS — Pierre très dure, bleu sombre complet. H. : 5,5 l'usure a déformé et aplati l'une des faces l. : 5,6. — En forme de cube dessin : D_0262 diapositives : C_2921 inv objet : Po_0174 num planche : PL_58 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0039_p_0023 toutes les faces sont creusées d'une dépression centrale : mais deux d'entre elles, opposées l'une à l'autre, présentent une dépression nettement plus marquée (ce qui donne une prise très commode). Traces circulaires d'un lien. — Trouvé avec des tessons de céramique archaïque et géométrique mêlés.

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