Object card·SAL_3606·1968

Pestle stone from Sondage Y, square y I

Pestle stone from Sondage Y, square y I
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3606. "Pestle stone from Sondage Y, square y I". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card SAL_3606, inventory Po_0265: a complete pestle of natural pebble stone, rounded and flattened on top and bottom, ø 9.9 x 9.2 cm, H. 4.8 cm. Both flat faces bear a slight central depression with a granular surface; the very hard, dark blue stone is extremely polished elsewhere. Found in a house of the 3rd century AD, Sondage Y, square y I, Salamis, Cyprus; inventory Po_0265; 9 September 1968.

French, as on the record

ailleurs la pierre est extrêmement polie. — Trouvé dans une maison du IIIe s. ap. J.-C. ø :9,9 x 9,2. — Pilon arrondi, aplani dessus et dessous diapositives : C_3445 inv objet : Po_0265 negatif : 00872_02 negatif : 00872_03 negatif : 00876_01 negatif : 00547_03 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0030_p_0020 les deux faces planes portent une légère dépression centrale à la surface granuleuse forme : Pierres naturelles, galets type :PILONS num planche : PL_05 — Pierre très dure bleu sombre carre : y I chantier : Sondage Y complet. H. : 4,8

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