Chalcedony cabochons from the south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3434. "Chalcedony cabochons from the south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Object card
English, translated from the French record
Lens-shaped plano-convex cabochons of chalcedony, the central part brownish and the edge greenish but lighter; H. 1.1 cm, ø 3 cm. Found in a mixed dump (1st-4th century AD), sector south of the rampart, square K VI/α3, Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0250; 3 September 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
forme : Cabochons en pierres fines
num planche : PL_45
type :CABOCHONS
complet. H. : 1,1
carre : K VI/α3
diapositives : C_3273
inv objet : Po_0250
negatif : 00438_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0445_p_0156
— Calcédoine
ø : 3. — Gros cabochon en forme de lentille piano-convexe dont la partie centrale est brunâtre et le pourtour verdâtre, mais plus clair. — Trouvé dans un déblai mêlé (Ier-IVe s. ap. J.-C.)
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