Object card·SAL_3253·1967

Pebble spindle whorl, area south of the rampart

Pebble spindle whorl, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1967. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3253. "Pebble spindle whorl, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Spindle whorl of pebble with a flat base, complete, diameter 3.7 cm, thickness 0.7 cm, central hole diameter 0.6 cm; in the form of a spherical cap or button, the convex upper face decorated with three concentric circles delimiting at the lower part a band with oblique incisions. The form and decoration of this whorl are perhaps found notably in the Cypro-Geometric period. Square K VI/δ4, Salamis, inventory Po_0226; negative 00882_03; 20 April 1967.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_29 type :Fusaïoles carre : K VI/δ4 — Galet forme : Fusaïoles coniques basses et fusaïoles en forme de boutons num planche : PL_65 base plate dessin : D_0035 complète. ø :3,7 ép. : 0,7 diapositives : C_3101 inv objet : Po_0226 negatif : 00882_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0299_p_0099 ø trou central : 0,6. — En forme de calotte sphérique ou de bouton la face supérieure convexe est décorée de trois cercles concentriques qui délimitent à la partie inférieure une bande décorée de gravures en oblique. — La forme comme le décor de cette fusaïole se rencontrent notamment à l'époque chypro-géométrique.

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