Object card·SAL_4184·1968

Clay loom weights, Archaic period, south of rampart

Clay loom weights, Archaic period, south of rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4184. "Clay loom weights, Archaic period, south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Object card for loom weights (pesons) of Archaic date, from the area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4, inventory Po_0302, negative 00667_06, drawing D_0022, slides C_4147, plates PL_24 and PL_64. Lenticular, slightly biconvex, moulded; thickness 2.3 cm, diameter 4.3 cm, hole diameter 0.6 cm, weight 40 g. Made of terracotta, red-brick clay mixed with white grains, with a single transverse hole and a thinned edge; found in a context of Archaic pottery. Salamis, Cyprus; 24 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_24 carre : K VI/β4 num planche : PL_64 modelé type :PESONS forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque ép. : 2,3 légèrement biconvexe complet. ø :4,3 un seul trou transversal. — Trouvé dans un contexte de céramique archaïque. pourtour aminci ø trou : 0,6 poids : 40 g. — Lenticulaire — Terre cuite, argile rouge brique mêlée de grains blancs dessin : D_0022 diapositives : C_4147 inv objet : Po_0302 negatif : 00667_06 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0231_p_0081

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