Object card·SAL_3968·1968

Terracotta stopper, area south of the rampart

Terracotta stopper, area south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3968. "Terracotta stopper, area south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Conical terracotta stopper with a rounded knob at the top and a flat base slightly recessed from the rim, with a deep conical socket at the centre of the base; incomplete, upper part broken, traces of rust, H. 4.4 cm, ø 8 cm, in chamois clay. Found with terracotta figurines of the 4th or 3rd century BC, square K VI/γ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Po_0296; 17 September 1968.

French, as on the record

diapositives : C_3889 inv objet : Po_0296 negatif : 00618_02 negatif : 00618_03 negatif : 00862_01 negatif : 05025_04 negatif : 05025_05 negatif : 00618_01 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0091_p_0031 ø : 8 — En forme de cône, le sommet est muni d'un renflement arrondi. La face inférieure du cône, plate, est en léger retrait par rapport au pourtour au centre, cette face présente un profond alvéole conique. — Trouvé avec des figurines de terre cuite du IVe ou du IIIe s. av. J.-C. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart carre : K VI/γ4 num planche : PL_10 — Terre cuite, argile chamois type :BOUCHONS, COUVERCLES forme : Bouchons divers incomplet, partie supérieure brisée traces de rouille. H. : 4,4 dessin : D_0110

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