Object card·SAL_3546·1968

White marble pestle in finger shape, Sondage Y

White marble pestle in finger shape, Sondage Y
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3546. "White marble pestle in finger shape, Sondage Y". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Pestle in finger form, white marble, incomplete and slightly broken at one end; L. 8.4 cm (as given: l. 8,4), H. 7.1 cm. The nail and the folds of the first phalanx are indicated, and the slightly convex active face is polished; found near coins of the 3rd century AD, Elagabalus (Sal. 3552-3557) and Carinus (Sal. 3549), Salamis, Cyprus. Inventory Po_0255; 9 September 1968.

French, as on the record

type :PILONS num planche : PL_07 — Marbre blanc carre : y I chantier : Sondage Y l. : 8,4. — En forme de doigt plié en angle droit diapositives : C_3385 forme : Pilons en forme de doigt inv objet : Po_0255 negatif : 00862_02 negatif : 00876_02 negatif : 00520_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0049_p_0025 incomplet, légèrement brisé à une extrémité. H. : 7,1 l’ongle et les plis de la première phalange sont indiqués. La face active, à peine convexe, est polie. — Trouvé au voisinage de monnaies du IIIe s. ap. J.-C. : Élagabal (Sal. 3552-3557) et Carin (Sal. 3549)

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