Object card·SAL_3620·1968

Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis, SAL_3620

Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis, SAL_3620
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3620. "Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis, SAL_3620". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lenticular loom weight (pesón) of green Salamis clay, poorly fired and heavily cracked, modelled with a single circular hole near the top; complete, diameter 6.1 x 6.7 cm, thickness 3.7 cm, weight 130 g, one face very flat and the other very convex, with the rim roughly flattened at the top. Found in the area south of the rampart, square K VI/γ4, with many Fifth to Fourth century BC terracotta figurines and lamps from the late Fourth to early Third century BC (Sal. 3610-3612). Inventory Po_0269; 10 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/γ4 forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS modelé negatif : 00865_01 un seul trou circulaire près du sommet. — Trouvé avec de nombreuses figurines de terre cuite des Ve-IVe s. et des lampes de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. (Sal. 3610-3612) complet. ø : 6,1 x 6,7 le pourtour est grossièrement aplati au sommet poids : 130 g. — Lenticulaire une face très plate, une face très convexe ép. : 3,7 — Terre cuite, argile verte de Salamine, mal cuite et très fendillée diapositives : C_3459 inv objet : Po_0269 negatif : 00876_05 negatif : 00876_06 negatif : 00551_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0246_p_0084

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