Archaic terracotta loom weight (peson), Salamis south of the rampart
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_4268. "Archaic terracotta loom weight (peson), Salamis south of the rampart". CC BY 4.0. Resized.
Lenticular loom weight (peson) of terracotta, pinkish beige and greenish clay depending on firing, Archaic period, with a single transverse hole and bossed oblique faces; complete, but the weight is cut at the upper part. Very roughly modelled with finger marks; diameter 5.4 cm, thickness 2.4 cm, hole 0.6 cm, weight 50 g. Inventory Po_0307; square K VI/δ4, south of the rampart, Salamis, Cyprus; 25 September 1968; negative 00687_06, slide C_4233.
French, as on the record
ép. : 2,4
un seul trou transversal.
complet. ø :5,4
faces obliques bosselées
le poids est coupé à la partie supérieure
poids 50 g. — Lenticulaire
trou : 0,6
très grossièrement modelé (traces de doigts)
diapositives : C_4233
inv objet : Po_0307
negatif : 00687_06
pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_XI_CAT_06_0226_p_0080
Peson — Terre cuite, argile beige rosé et verdâtre selon la cuisson
chantier : Zone au sud du rempart
num planche : PL_24
carre : K VI/δ4
type :PESONS
forme : Pesons d'époque archaïque
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