Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4248. "Archaic loom weight, Salamis square K VI/β4". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Loom weight (pesons) of Archaic period, modelled, complete, in red-brick clay; the rim is thinned and the surface burnt, ø 10 cm, ép. 3.1 cm, with two transverse holes; the upper part is largely cut away, giving the weight an almost semi-circular form, with the cut top 8.4 cm wide, lenticular with oblique flat faces. Found in a context of the 6th century BC (potsherds and terracotta figurines). Inventory Po_0306; Salamis, area south of the rampart, square K VI/β4; 25 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
complet
— Terre cuite, argile rouge brique
le pourtour est aminci
surface brûlée. ø :10
ép. : 3,1
la partie supérieure très largement coupée donne au poids une forme presque semi-circulaire
dessin : D_0020
diapositives : C_4213
inv objet : Po_0306
negatif : 00682_03
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0221_p_0080
deux trous transversaux. — Trouvé dans un contexte du VIe s. av. J.-C. (tessons et figurines de terre-cuite)
l. du sommet coupé : 8,4. — Lenticulaire, faces plates obliques
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