Object card·SAL_3603·1968

Terracotta stopper knob, Rampart sector, square K VI/θ3

Terracotta stopper knob, Rampart sector, square K VI/θ3
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3603. "Terracotta stopper knob, Rampart sector, square K VI/θ3". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Terracotta knob of a lid or upper part of a stopper, shaped like a mushroom, complete but chipped; H. 3.8 cm, ø 3.9 cm, ø foot 1.1 cm. Fine salmon-coloured clay; the upper part is convex, and the flat underside has a short cylindrical foot whose base is marked by a flat ring, with a circular depression beneath, at the centre of which a small projecting knob is left. Found with fragments of lamps of type XVI (2nd-4th century AD) in Rampart, square K VI/θ3. Inventory Po_0262; 7 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Rempart num planche : PL_60 num planche : PL_10 — Terre cuite, argile saumon fine type :BOUCHONS, COUVERCLES forme : Bouchons divers carre : K VI/θ3 complet mais ébréché. H. : 3,8 la partie supérieure est convexe ø : 3,9 ø pied : 1,1. — Bouton d'un couvercle ou partie supérieure d'un bouchon, en forme de champignon dessin : D_0033 diapositives : C_3442 inv objet : Po_0262 negatif : 00543_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0090_p_0031 sa face inférieure plate est munie d'un court pied cylindrique dont la base est soulignée par un anneau plat. Le dessous du pied présente une dépression circulaire, au centre de laquelle un petit bouton saillant est réservé. — Trouvé avec des fragments de lampes du type XVI (IIe-IVe s. ap. J.-C.)

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