Object card·SAL_3786·1968

Conical terracotta spindle whorl, south of the rampart, Salamis

Conical terracotta spindle whorl, south of the rampart, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3786. "Conical terracotta spindle whorl, south of the rampart, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Complete conical and truncated-conical spindle whorl of buff clay terracotta, with flat base and top, blunted edges, a large central hole (ø 0.9 cm), traces of fire, H. 2 cm, ø 3.1 x 1.7 cm. Found in an Archaic dump in square K VI/β4, south of the rampart at Salamis. Inventory Po_0282; negative 00579_04; 14 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_28 complète type :Fusaïoles forme : Fusaïoles coniques et tronconiques carre : K VI/β4 base et sommet plats num planche : PL_65 — Terre cuite, argile chamois h. : 2 large trou central. — Trouvée dans un déblai archaïque. traces de feu. ø :3,1 x 1,7 dessin : D_0047 diapositives : C_3691 inv objet : Po_0282 negatif : 00579_04 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0282_p_0095 ø trou : 0,9. — Tronc de cône aux arêtes émoussées

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