Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3306. "Dedication block to Aphrodite, Enkomi wall". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Quadrangular block of local sandstone, dated to the 3rd century BC, with an inscription about 6 cm from the upper edge (letter height about 6 cm); it has a large socket mortise (31 x 54 cm) on the upper bed that extended onto the adjacent block to the left. Dimensions 75 x 61.5 x 51 cm. Built into the wall of a house being demolished at Enkomi; Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory E_0074; slide C_3151; 20 May 1968.
French, as on the record
dim.: 75 x 61,5 x 51: au lit supérieur grande mortaise d'encastrement (31 x 54) qui se prolongeait sur le bloc adjacent à gauche
epoque : IIIe s. av. J.-C.
inscription à 6cm de l'arête supérieur, h. I.: 6cm environ
Bloc quadrangulaire de grès local
diapositives : C_3151
inv objet : E_0074
objet : Dédicaces à des divinités
chantier : Maçonné dans le mur d'une maison en démolition d'Enkomi
pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0041_p_0024
type :Aphrodite
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