Object card·SAL_3605·1968

Limestone weight with lead seal, Sondage Y

Limestone weight with lead seal, Sondage Y
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3605. "Limestone weight with lead seal, Sondage Y". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Limestone weight, complete but with the attachment broken, H. 5.4 cm, ø 9.8 cm, weighing 972 g, in the form of a slightly flattened hemisphere; the base is flat and bears the signs ΑΓ, indicating 3 livres, and the top has a lead seal. White limestone veined with grey. Found in the Imperial-period house, square y I, Sondage Y, Salamis, with lamps of type XIV (1st–3rd century AD): Sal. 3543 and 3544, and 3rd-century AD coins of Elagabalus (Sal. 3552, 3553, 3557), Severus Alexander (Sal. 3548, 3550, 3551), Philip the Arab (Sal. 3555) and Carinus (Sal. 3549). Inventory Po_0264; 9 September 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : IIIe s. ap. J.-C. objet : Inscriptions sur céramiques et petits objets num planche : PL_15 type :INSTRUMENTS DE MESURE forme : Poids en calcaire carre : y I chantier : Sondage Y complet mais attache brisée. H. : 5,4 le pôle présente un scellement de plomb ø : 9,8 poids : 972 g. — En forme de demi-sphère légèrement aplatie à la partie supérieure diapositives : C_3444 inv objet : Po_0264 negatif : 00547_01 negatif : 00547_02 negatif : 00872_01 negatif : 00543_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0125_p_0044 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0410_p_0103 la face inférieure, plate, porte les signes ΑΓ : 3 livres. — Trouvé dans la maison d'époque impériale avec des lampes du type XIV (Ier— IIIe s. ap. J.-C.) : Sal. 3543 et 3544 et des monnaies du IIIe siècle ap. J.-C. : Élagabal (Sal. 3552, 3553, 3557), Sévère Alexandre (Sal. 3548, 3550, 3551), Philippe l'Arabe (Sal. 3555) et Carin (Sal. 3549) — Calcaire blanc veiné de gris

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