Object card·SAL_3707·1968

Lenticular clay loom weight, area south of the rampart

Lenticular clay loom weight, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3707. "Lenticular clay loom weight, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lenticular clay loom weight (type pesons), modelled, complete, diameter 6.1 x 6 cm, thickness 1.8 cm, central hole diameter 0.9 cm, with two wide circular holes near the top, weight 70 g; orange clay, very grit-tempered. Found with numerous terracotta figurines of the 5th-4th century and a lamp of the late 4th-early 3rd century (Sal. 3680). Square K VI/γ4, Salamis, 11 September 1968. Inventory Po_0274.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/γ4 modelé forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS complet. ø : 6,1 x6 ép. : 1,8 ø trou : 0,9 diapositives : C_3545 inv objet : Po_0274 negatif : 00865_02 negatif : 00865_03 negatif : 00882_06 negatif : 00565_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0236_p_0082 deux trous circulaires larges, près du sommet. — Trouvé avec de nombreuses figurines de terre cuite du Ve-IVe s. et une lampe de la fin du IVe-début du IIIe s. (Sal. 3680) le pourtour arrondi mais non aminci présente à la partie supérieure une légère dépression transversale poids : 70 g. — Lenticulaire mais presque discoïdal : les deux faces sont pratiquement plates — Terre cuite, argile orangée très gravillonnée

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