Object card·SAL_3122·1967

Phoenician amphora used as child burial, Sondage Z

Phoenician amphora used as child burial, Sondage Z
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3122. "Phoenician amphora used as child burial, Sondage Z". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Phoenician amphora with ovoid body, pointed base and vertical handles at the top of the body. Clay. This amphora was used as a child's burial (Tomb 8). H. 46 cm, diam. 28 cm. Square K V/δ9, Sondage Z, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory V_0491; negative 00211; 4 April 1967.

French, as on the record

Amphore phénicienne, panse ovoïde, fond en pointe, anses verticales en haut de la panse. Argile. Cette amphore a servi de sépulture d'enfant (Tombe 8). H. 46, Diam. 28 dessin : D_4352 diapositives : C_5869 inv objet : V_0491 chantier : Sondage Z objet : Amphore type :Phénicienne carre : K V/δ9 negatif : 00211

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