Terracotta loom weights, Archaic period, square K VI/β4
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4185. "Terracotta loom weights, Archaic period, square K VI/β4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Complete lenticular loom weight of red-brick clay, roughly modelled, with a blackened surface, found in a 6th-century BC context with very numerous sherds. It measures 3 cm thick, 8.3 cm in diameter, 5.8 cm wide on the cut face and weighs 180 g; the two transverse holes are roughly pierced, with clay overflowing from them, and the distance between the holes is 2.3 cm. Inventory E_0303 is listed as Po_0303; slide C_4148; negative 00668_01; sector south of the rampart, square K VI/β4; 24 September 1968.
French, as on the record
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_24
carre : K VI/β4
type :PESONS
forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque
complet
— Terre cuite, argile rouge brique
grossièrement modelé
ép. : 3
faces presque plates, plus épaisses à la partie supérieure, où le pourtour est coupé
distance entre les trous : 2,3
l. face coupée : 5,8
poids : 180 g. — Lenticulaire
surface noircie. ø :8,3
deux trous transversaux grossièrement percés (la pâte a débordé) — Trouvé dans un contexte du VIe s. av. J.-C. (très nombreux tessons)
diapositives : C_4148
inv objet : Po_0303
negatif : 00668_01
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0220_p_0079
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