Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3490. "Bone pin with small globular head, Sounding Y". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Incomplete bone pin with broken point and small globular head, L. 8.5 cm, ø 0.3 cm, head ø 0.4 cm, from Sounding Y in the Temple of Zeus sector, square y I, Salamis; inventory Po_0252; 6 September 1968. Similar to Sal_3316, with a carefully polished oval head; found with 3rd-century AD coins of Elagabalus (Sal. 3495), Severus Alexander (Sal. 3496) and Philip the Arab (Sal. 3497).
French, as on the record
num planche : PL_47
— Os
carre : y I
chantier : Sondage Y
num planche : PL_70
type :ÉPINGLES EN OS
forme : Épingle à petite tête globulaire
incomplète, pointe brisée. L. : 8,5
ø : 0,3
dessin : D_0065
diapositives : C_3329
inv objet : Po_0252
negatif : 00445_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0489_p_0171
ø tête : 0,4. — Semblable à Sal_3316. La tête ovale est soigneusement polie. — Trouvée avec des monnaies du IIIe s. ap. J.-C. : Élagabal (Sal. 3495), Sévère Alexandre (Sal. 3496), Philippe l’Arabe (Sal. 3497)
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