Object card·SAL_4213·1968

Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis south of rampart

Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis south of rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4213. "Lenticular clay loom weight, Salamis south of rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Lenticular loom weight (peson) of orange clay with white slip, Salamis, square K VI/γ4, inventory Po_0333; negative 00674_02 and slide C_4176. Roughly modelled, with the edge thinned and flattened at the top and one flat face, the other slightly convex; one transverse hole; incomplete, with a chip missing from the lower part. Weight 50 g, ø 6.1 cm, ép. 1.6 cm. Found in a dump of the late 4th century BC; date 24 September 1968.

French, as on the record

chantier : Zone au sud du rempart num planche : PL_25 carre : K VI/γ4 le pourtour est aminci et aplati au sommet forme : Type lenticulaire. type :PESONS grossièrement modelé poids : 50 g. — Lenticulaire une face plate, l'autre légèrement bombée ép. : 1,6 diapositives : C_4176 inv objet : Po_0333 negatif : 00674_02 pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0248_p_0084 Peson — Terre cuite, argile orangée et engobe blanc un seul trou transversal. — Trouvé dans un déblai de la fin du IVe s. av. J.-C. incomplet, un éclat manque à la partie inférieure. ø : 6,1

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