Object card·SAL_4070·1968

Lenticular clay loom weight with stamped cross, Salamis

Lenticular clay loom weight with stamped cross, Salamis
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4070. "Lenticular clay loom weight with stamped cross, Salamis". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lenticular loom weight (type PESONS) of buff clay with pale green slip, biconvex with a thinned, truncated upper edge, bearing a stamped ansate cross on one face; incomplete, with a large flake missing; H. unrecorded, ép. 2.4 cm, ø 6.4 cm, weight 62 g, with two circular holes pierced near the top. Well made; found in the terracotta figurine deposit of the 5th-4th century BC, square K VI/γ4, area south of the rampart, Salamis. Inventory Po_0298; 20 September 1968.

French, as on the record

num planche : PL_64 modelé forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS ép. : 2,4 biconvexe bord aminci, tronqué à la partie supérieure décor estampé sur une des faces : croix ansée incomplet : un large éclat manque. ø : 6,4 poids : 62 g. — Lenticulaire dessin : D_0021 diapositives : C_4020 inv objet : Po_0298 negatif : 00639_05 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0237_p_0082 deux trous circulaires sont percés près du sommet — Terre cuite, argile chamois et engobe vert pâle fabrication soignée. — Trouvé dans le dépôt de figurines de terre cuite du Ve-IVe s. av. J.-C. chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/γ4

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